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2. Winch - Wikipedia

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   The winch is either controlled with a detachable cable, a button inside the car or wireless remote. Older vehicles may have a PTO winch, controlled via the car's transmission, a secondary clutch maybe used so the vehicle does not need to be moving while winching. Some winches are powered by the pressure generated in the hydraulic steering system.

3. Power take-off - Wikipedia

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   A PTO at the rear end of a farm tractor A PTO (in the box at the bottom) in the center of the three-point hitch of a tractor. A power take-off or power takeoff (PTO) is one of several methods for taking power from a power source, such as a running engine, and transmitting it to an application such as an attached implement or separate machine.

4. Electro-Dynamic Company - Wikipedia

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   An important early customer for electric boat motors was the Electric Launch Company, also known as Elco. Following an 1892 bankruptcy, financier Isaac Rice bailed out Electro-Dynamic and became a co-owner. Griscom died in a hunting accident in 1897.

5. Electric boat - Wikipedia

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   An electric boat is a powered watercraft driven by electric motors, which are powered by either on-board battery packs, solar panels or generators. [ 1 ] While a significant majority of water vessels are powered by diesel engines , with sail power and gasoline engines also popular, boats powered by electricity have been used for over 120 years.

6. Electric Launch Company - Wikipedia

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   The Electric Launch Company, later renamed Elco Motor Yachts ("Elco"), is an American boat building and electric motor company that has operated from 1893 to 1949 and from 1987 to the present. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]

7. Marine propulsion - Wikipedia

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   The diesel-electric transmission of power from the engine to the propeller affords flexibility in distribution of machinery within the vessel at a higher first cost than direct-drive propulsion. It is a preferred solution for vessels that employ pod-mounted propellers for precision positioning [ 21 ] or reducing general vibrations by highly ...