Bible Encyclopedias
Cyclometer

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

(Gr. ,d Xos, circle, and Or pov, measure), an instrument used especially by cyclists to determine the distance they have traversed. In a common form a stud attached to one spoke of the wheel engages with a toothed pinion and moves it on one tooth at each revolution. The pinion is connected with a train of clockwork, the gearing of which bears such a ratio to the circumference of the wheel that the distance corresponding to the number of times it has revolved is shown on a dial in miles or other units.

Bibliography Information
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cyclometer'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/cyclometer.html. 1910.