Smoke-Jack Used for Roasting Meat
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“A machine for turning a roasting-spit by means of a fly-wheel or -wheels, set in motion by the current of ascending air in a chimney. a,a, the chimney, contracted in a circular form; b, strong bar placed over the fireplace, to support the jack; c, wheel with vanes radiating from its center, set in motion by the ascent of the heated air, and communicating by the pinion d and the crown-wheel e, with the pulley f, from which motion is transmitted to the spit by the chain passing over it.” —Whitney, 1889
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pulley, fireplace, steam, fire, cook, cooking, meat, jack, roast, Pinion, spit, steam-powered, barbecue, cooking over fire, heated air, roasting, spit engine, steam jack, turnspitSource
William Dwight Whitney, PhD, LLD The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1895) 5719
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