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单词 patent log
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patent log
patent log n. a mechanical device for measuring the speed of a ship.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > device to ascertain ship's speed through water > mechanical log
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1848 W. F. Lynch Diary 18 Apr. in Narr. United States' Exped. River Jordan (1849) xii. 268 We endeavored to steer a little to the north of west,..threw the patent log overboard to measure the distance.
1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 509/1 The modern patent (or taffrail) log mechanically indicates the rate of travel.
2002 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 8 June t1 Slocum's navigational devices consisted of little more than a compass, sextant, patent log and a tin alarm clock.
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