| 单词 | pneumatic dispatch |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspneumatic dispatch pneumatic dispatch n. now chiefly historical the conveyance of letters, parcels, etc., along tubes by compression or exhaustion of air. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > pneumatic pneumatic dispatch1860 society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > types of service > conveyance of mail by pneumatic tube pneumatic dispatch1860 blow-post1881 1860 Sci. Amer. 11 Aug. 105/3 We doubt not the pneumatic despatch system will ere long be even more wide spread than the telegraph system has become. 1863 Illustr. London News 28 Feb. 217/3 (heading) Opening of the pneumatic despatch mail service. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1756/2 The pneumatic dispatch-tube was started by a company in London in 1859, for conveying parcels and light goods between the Euston Square Station and the Post-Office in Evershott Street, London. 2002 Utopian Stud. (Nexis) 22 Mar. 53 Orders for household goods could be placed to the domestic depot by telephone..and shipped almost instantly via pneumatic dispatch. < as lemmas |
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