Definition of Rackwork. Meaning of Rackwork. Synonyms of Rackwork

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Definition of Rackwork

Rackwork
Rackwork Rack"work`, n. Any mechanism having a rack, as a rack and pinion.

Meaning of Rackwork from wikipedia

- a frame with a radius of about 2 metres. It was attached to a wall aligned to the meridian. There was rackwork and a micrometer, which are not shown....
- commonly used in phantasmagoria.: 691  An especially intricate multiple rackwork mechanism was developed to show the movements of the planets (sometimes...
- directions, originally with a double pulley mechanism but later usually with a rackwork mechanism. The chromatrope was probably invented in the year 1841 (or slightly...
- rats jumping in the mouth of a sleeping man. A more complex 19th century rackwork slide showed the then known eight planets and their satellites orbiting...