A combination of pulleys called block and tackle is used where very heavy loads are to be moved.
The larger projectiles had to be whipped up to the muzzle with block and tackle.
The schooner got well to windward of the place where the set was to be made, and the first dory was lowered by a block and tackle.
They pulled the man up with block and tackle.
Using block and tackle in hoisting was a great help.
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Garston employers now removed the mine by removing it withblockandtackle.
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All that pain would have been eased possibly by providing ablockandtackleto get away the calf.
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In the meantime, the only way of closing the bow doors was to useblockandtackle.
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The other ends were pushed on by means ofblockandtackleattached to the hull and overhead beams and hauled on by sailors.
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The mechanical advantage of theblockandtackleis equal to the number of parts of the rope that support the moving block.
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With thirty team of oxen, the rock was levied and lifted up from its resting place withblockandtackle.
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Blockandtacklewas affixed to the tree and the cabling was run.
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The common wisdom prefers ablockandtacklerove to advantage.
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Initiation rites are sometimes spur-of-the-moment, such as forcing a blindfolded candidate to be lifted into the air by ablockandtackle.
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The use ofblockandtackleor capstan winch is common to handle line sets that have significantly unbalanced loads.
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In the event a 50-gallon drum of water is lifted 3 feet off the ground using ablockandtackleand a tripod.
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Ablockandtackleis assembled so one block is attached to fixed mounting point and the other is attached to the moving load.
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An oldblockandtacklewas found and used to rescue the aircraft from the incoming tide.
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Most pirate wealth was accumulated by selling of chandlery items: ropes, sails, andblockandtacklestripped from captured ships.
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There were no mechanical winches, all hauling being byblockandtackleand man power.
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