单词 | miner's friend |
释义 | > as lemmasminer's friend miner's friend n. (also miners' friend) now historical (a) an early type of steam engine; (b) the Davy safety lamp. ΚΠ 1702 T. Savery (title) The miners friend; or, an engine to raise water by fire, described. 1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Miner's Friend, or Miner's Lamp. 1994 Hutchinson Dict. Sci. Biogr. (ed. 2) 604/2 Various suggestions had been made for using steam power but the Miners' Friend, as Savery's invention was called, showed most promise of significant advance. < as lemmas |
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