The chief difference, of course, is that the back saw is heavy-bladed, with a brass stiffener on its back, and it cuts on the forward stroke.
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The gondola is propelled by a person ( the gondolier ) who stands facing the bow and rows with a forward stroke, followed by a compensating backward stroke.
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Assuming the crank arm is driven at a constant velocity, the time it takes to perform a forward stroke is equal to the time it takes to perform a reverse stroke.
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Bathers at the Daisyfield pool in Blackburn, northwest England, have been told they can only do forward strokes during busy periods when the pool is divided into lanes, officials said Monday.
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When it makes a forward stroke, the other segment is stream line, whenever it makes a backward stroke, the other segment is down and provides drag which limits the amount of backwards motion.
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Its shoulder bones were fairly large, indicating a powerful forward stroke for fast swimming . " Macroplata " also had a relatively long neck, twice the length of the skull, in contrast to pliosaurs.
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This means that the crank angle required to execute a forward stroke is equivalent to the angle required to perform a reverse stroke . " For this reason, the in-line slider-crank mechanism produces balanced motion ."
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After this drive and push the kayaker will lean back to neutral and over to the other side of their boat putting their paddle under their bum on the side of the boat opposite from the previous forward stroke.
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On a smaller wave the kayaker will start at the top of the wave and then while accelerating into the trough they will give an aggressive forward stroke on one side of their boat while driving their bow down into the water on the same side.
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His pace was already lively enough and his exceptional height ( he was 6 foot 4 inches tall ) " enabled him to pitch a length that could draw an unwilling forward stroke yet lift the ball sharply to shoulder of the bat or onto fingers ".