| 单词 | pneumatic railway |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspneumatic railway pneumatic railway n. now historical a type of railway in which a tube with a longitudinal slot in the top was laid between the rails, containing a piston which was joined to the train by a rigid arm passing through the slot, the train moving by the pressure of air on the piston within the tube. ΚΠ 1839 Times 9 Dec. 6 The company were to pay him..for his patent for a pneumatic railway. 1986 D. Knight Age of Sci. viii. 141 He [sc. J. F. Bateman, on 18 Mar. 1870] urged the building of a channel tunnel, at a cost of eight million pounds, with a pneumatic railway running through it. 2000 Guardian (Nexis) 3 Jan. 13 Stefan Collini's reference to Felix Holt..prompts me to write to you about the ‘pneumatic railway’ at Crystal Palace. < as lemmas |
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