whitworth's quick return

whitworth's quick return
\\ˈhwitˌwərths- also ˈwi-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized W
Etymology: after Sir Joseph Whitworth died 1887 English mechanical engineer and inventor
: a quick return in which the follower is a bar rotating or oscillating about one end and carrying a sliding driving sleeve or block rotated uniformly in a circle eccentric to the bar's motion

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