单词 | centrifugal gun |
释义 | > as lemmascentrifugal gun centrifugal gun n. now historical a gun or cannon which operates by accelerating projectiles in a rotating mechanism. ΚΠ 1841 N.Y. Daily Express 26 Oct. Among the articles exhibited at the Fair of the American Institute the Centrifugal Gun is well deserving of attention. 1913 Pop. Mech. Oct. 512/2 The greatest difficulty in connection with the operation of a centrifugal gun..has apparently been overcome by an invention recently patented in England. 1989 R. V. Bruce Lincoln & Tools of War x. 139 How long Dickinson worked at developing his centrifugal gun does not appear; but when the Civil War broke out, McCarty had spent some ten years on his device. < as lemmas |
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