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Literary notes about Rotary (AI summary)

The word "rotary" has been employed in literature with remarkable versatility, spanning technical descriptions of machinery to references within social circles. In technical contexts, it frequently describes devices that operate through rotational motion. For example, the Gaede pump is identified as being of the rotary type, highlighting its reliance on circular movement [1]. Similarly, equipment such as a self-contained rotary cooler and a sizeable rotary drier underscores the importance of rotation in industrial performance [2], [3]. The term is also associated with historical innovations; patents for a coffee roaster utilizing a rotary cylinder demonstrate an early adaptation of rotation to improve operational efficiency [4], [5]. Beyond mechanical applications, "rotary" finds its way into cultural representations, notably in literature where it alludes to community and shared endeavors, as seen in references to Rotary Club gatherings [6], [7]. Even in recreational contexts, the word describes a physical action that creates a visual phenomenon through spinning motion [8].
  1. A more recent form, the Gaede pump, is of the rotary type.
    — from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various
  2. It is a compact self-contained equipment operating in connection with a new-type rotary cooler.
    — from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
  3. A huge rotary drier of the firm's own design does the work of about three miles of clothes lines.
    — from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
  4. In 1892, Theodore von Gimborn was granted French and English patents on a coffee roaster employing a naked gas flame in a rotary cylinder.
    — from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
  5. 1892—T. von Gimborn, Emmerich, Germany, is granted an English patent on a coffee roaster employing a naked gas flame in a rotary cylinder.
    — from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
  6. I shall tell the fellows in Nottingham your ideas about Visions and Real Guys—at our next Rotary Club luncheon.”
    — from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
  7. Presently he called on the visiting secretary of the Zenith Rotary Club, a rival organization.
    — from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
  8. If you hold the page horizontally and give it a quick rotary motion while looking at the centre of the spiral, it will appear to revolve.
    — from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

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