| 单词 | fire waterwork |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire waterwork fire waterwork n. rare (now historical) a kind of mechanism for raising water using fire or steam, proposed by Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester (1601–67).Cf. waterwork n. 1a, esp. quot. 1663 there. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > types of fire waterwork1663 steam-wheel1797 Cornish engine1840 beam-engine1844 machine-whim1848 screw engine1852 donkey-engine1858 quadruple expansion1861 tandem engine1878 uniflow1971 1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions Index A Fire Water-work. 2005 G. Wills Henry Adams & Making of Amer. ii. 128 The possibility of steam travel had been suggested by the Marquis of Worcester's ‘fire waterwork’. < as lemmas |
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