| 单词 | globe of compression |
| 释义 | > as lemmasglobe of compression b. globe of compression [apparently after French globe de compression (although this is apparently only recorded later in dictionaries of French (1802), but see quot. 1838)] : an overcharged mine, the explosion of which produces a crater of greater radius than depth. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > land-mine petard1566 powder minea1639 fougade1643 bomb-chest1704 caisson1704 globe of compression1771 torpedo1786 fougasse1832 stifler1836 landmine1875 observation mine1886 egg1917 1771 Ann. Reg. 1770 21/1 The firing of the globe of compression was to be the signal for the attack. 1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 263/2 Globe of Compression, a name given by Belidor to mines in which the highest charges of powder are employed... They were first employed by the King of Prussia, in 1762, at the siege of Schweidnitz. 1855 Times 3 Oct. 10/2 His mines, if any existed, might have been destroyed by globes of compression. 1889 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Globe of compression, an exploded military mine in which the crater-radius is greater than the line of least resistance. < as lemmas |
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