Gin-Block

“GIN-BLOCK. A simple form of tackle-block with a single wheel, over which a rope runs. It has a hook by which it swings from the jib of a crane or the sheer of a gin.” -Whitney, 1911

Keywords

wheel, pulley, Rope, simple machine, Hook, gin-block, gin block, tackle-block, tackle block

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Pulleys

Source

William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)

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