| 单词 | whirling-table |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhirling-table whirling-table n. (a) a machine consisting essentially of a table contrived to revolve rapidly, used for experiments or demonstrations in dynamics or other branches of science; (b) a horizontally rotating disk in a potter's lathe, carrying a mould which shapes the inside of a plate, cup, or other circular piece of ware, while the outside is shaped by a templet above it. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > pottery manufacturing equipment > [noun] > potter's lathe > horizontal wheel of wheela1382 potter's wheel1609 whirling-table1764 throwing table1855 slow wheel1925 the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > centrifugal > instrument demonstrating whirling-board1764 whirling-table1764 whirling-machine1843 1764 J. Ferguson Lect. Select Subj. ii. 18 The whirling-table is a machine contrived for shewing experiments of this nature. 1830 H. Kater & D. Lardner Treat. Mechanics viii. 100 An apparatus called a whirling table..for the purpose of exhibiting illustrations of the laws of centrifugal force. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 473/1 The workman stands at a bench provided with a whirling-table.., which has its motion given by a horizontal pulley or jigger. 1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 262 An attachment to the whirling-table for projecting sound-curves upon a screen. < as lemmas |
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