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2. Nutcracker - Wikipedia

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   A crab cracker (also known as a lobster cracker or crab claw cracker) is a specialized food utensil, similar in construction (and sometimes appearance) to certain types of nutcrackers, used to crack the hard shells of crabs and lobsters by pulling the two handles together to access the flesh inside, while preparing or eating them.

3. Curta - Wikipedia

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   The Curta is a hand-held mechanical calculator designed by Curt Herzstark. [1] It is known for its extremely compact design: a small cylinder that fits in the palm of the hand. It was affectionately known as the "pepper grinder" or "peppermill" due to its shape and means of operation; its superficial resemblance to a certain type of hand ...

4. Mechanical calculator - Wikipedia

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   The former type of mechanism was operated typically by a limited-travel hand crank; some internal detailed operations took place on the pull, and others on the release part of a complete cycle. The illustrated 1914 machine is this type; the crank is vertical, on its right side.

5. Crank (mechanism) - Wikipedia

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   According to F. Lisheng and T. Qingjun, the hand-crank of the rotary quern was different from a crank, which was the combination of a hand-crank and a push-and-pull connecting rod by a hinge. [7] The Antikythera mechanism, dated to around 200 BC, [25] [26] used a crank as a part of its mechanism. [27]

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7. Crank machine - Wikipedia

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   Cell, with Prisoner at Crank-Labour, In the Surrey House of Correction, 1851 Crank machine model, from the Oxford Prison & Castle museum. The crank machine was a penal labour device used in England in the 19th century. It consisted of a hand-turned crank which forced four large cups or ladles through sand inside a drum, doing nothing useful.