| 单词 | hurdy-gurdy wheel |
| 释义 | > as lemmashurdy-gurdy wheel 2. (More fully hurdy-gurdy wheel.) An impact wheel driven by a tangential jet of water which issues under pressure from a nozzle and strikes a series of buckets on the periphery. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > driven by water waterwheel1408 flood-wheel1515 breast wheel1744 overshot1760 undershot wheel1760 breast-shot1775 bucket-wheel1797 tub-wheel1815 flutter-wheel1817 danaide1825 wheel1842 reaction waterwheel1847 reaction wheel1852 tide-wheel1864 hurdy-gurdy1868 stream-wheel1875 paddle wheela1884 Pelton1885 turbine-pump1900 1868 Rep. J. Ross Brown on Min. Resources west of Rocky Mts. (U.S. Treasury Dept.) 101 In 1866 they struck into pay and erected a 10-stamp mill, which is driven by a hurdy-gurdy wheel. 1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 86 An eight~stamp mill, run by a ‘hurdy-gurdy’ wheel 8 feet in diameter, using 75 inches of water under a pressure of 75 feet. 1882 Rep. to Ho. Represent. Prec. Metals U.S. 628 The actuating power of the derrick is, generally, a hurdy-gurdy. This is a peculiar kind of impact wheel made to utilize water under high pressures. < as lemmas |
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