Which preposition to use with crank

in Occurrences 22%

But it will be seen that the circumferential velocity is greater with the same expenditure of steam when the crank pin approaches the top and bottom centres; and this increased velocity exactly compensates for the diminished leverage, so that there is the same power given out by the crank in each of the divisions.

of Occurrences 14%

"Look here, Vine," he said, "you're what I call a crank of the first order, but you are not a bad chap, and I'd hate to see you make the mistake of your life.

on Occurrences 10%

Remarkably intelligent, and caring enough for sport to be sympathetically excited at the sight of a rabbit without degenerating into cranks on the subject like terriers.

about Occurrences 6%

They talked a lot about Bert though, and said he was a kind of a crank about Skinny.

at Occurrences 6%

She tuk it up, and said with accents mild, "'Tare-and-agers, girls, which av yez owns the child?" His humorous rhymes were, however, more often quips and cranks at the expense of his contemporaries.

to Occurrences 5%

The air pump rod is maintained in its vertical position by means of guides, the lower ends of which are bolted to the mouth of the pump, and the upper to the oval in the top frame, within which the air pump crank works; and the motion is communicated from this crank to the pump rod by means of a short connected rod.

by Occurrences 3%

For instance, by turning one of the cranks by which it is worked, PUNCHINELLO will be able to project a shower of such mortiferous missiles against all abettors of crime and vice, all quacks, political and social, all corrupt officials, all Congress, (except the Right Party,) all torpid fogies and peddlers of red tape, all humbugs of every size and shape, in fact, as will speedily reduce them to ashes.

with Occurrences 2%

Jot cried, suddenly sobering down and going through the motions of turning a crank with airy ease.

without Occurrences 1%

At the last stop he stood in a pool of water and turned the crank without saying anything that would bear repetition.

against Occurrences 1%

By pressing the bell crank against the handle of the lever the bolt is withdrawn, and the lever may be shifted to any other point, when, the spring being released, the bolt flies into the nearest notch.

as Occurrences 1%

If he had contrived his Little Navy folk, the proprietor, editor and revolving cranks as something more than mere caricatures, brands of straw prepared for his consuming bonfires, he would have strengthened, not weakened, his excellent case.

for Occurrences 1%

"I've drawed wages from the Double-Crank for quite a spell, and I always aimed to act white with the outfit.

from Occurrences 1%

Among these Garrison was regarded as a hero, and to some extent as a martyr, while the bitterness of his invective earned for him the title of fanatic and crank from the thousands who disagreed with him, and who thought he was advocating legislation in advance of public sentiment.

into Occurrences 1%

"You have seen how we have thrown the crank into production.

like Occurrences 1%

They stayed with us for a while, but at the sight of our cinema man turning the crank like a machine gun, they turned and ran wildly down the street.

through Occurrences 1%

From the vertical point, where this force is nothing, to the horizontal point, where it is at its maximum, the force of torsion exerted on the crank shaft is constantly varying; and the fly wheel by its momentum redresses these irregularities, and carries the crank through that "dead point," as it is termed, where the piston cannot impart any rotative force.

Which preposition to use with  crank