| 单词 | archimedes screw engine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasArchimedes screw engine 2. A device used for raising water by means of the rotation of a helical surface within a closely fitting duct; Archimedes' Screw. More fully Archimedes screw engine, Archimedean screw engine. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > for raising water well bucket1477 flail?a1500 kettle-mill1570 scoop1580 water engine1611 chain-pumpa1618 cochlea1648 water-screw1648 engine1652 bucket-fountain1663 chain1682 noria1696 tub-engine1702 tub-gin1702 well-pole1727 screw engine1729 rag1747 rag pump1747 swape1773 picotah1780 water balance1800 ram1801 well sweep1818 shadoof1836 hydraulic belt1856 water carrier1875 bailer1883 trip-bucket1926 1729 S. Switzer Introd. Gen. Syst. Hydrostaticks & Hydraulicks II. xx. 276 These Engines are of many and different Kinds; as First, those that are simple, as is the Siphon, Syringe, Antlia, or Single Pump, Screw Engine, and the like. 1767 J. Ferguson Lect. Suppl. 22 Archimedes's Screw-Engine for raising water. 1898 Colorado College Stud. 7 30 He [sc. Archimedes] made a further practical application of the results of his studies in this direction by the invention of the screw engine. 1995 R. Desmond Kew ii. 42 The engineer..designed this Archimedes screw engine to raise water from a 12-foot-deep well for the lake, ponds and flower-beds. < as lemmas |
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