Engine

(noun.) motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work.

(noun.) an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.; 'medieval engines of war'.

(noun.) something used to achieve a purpose; 'an engine of change'.

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• It is also said that one man to-day, with the aid of a steam engine, performs the work of 120 men in the last century. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Without it the engine would have been too clumsy and slow for practical use, but with it the greatest possibilities of use appeared. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The instruments show a rapidly decreasing air pressure on all parts of Barsoom--the engine has stopped. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• This was a very primitive device, requiring several minutes for the engine to make one stroke, but it was the beginning of the practical use of steam as a motive power. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• She was built by the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, of Philadelphia, was launched Oct. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• I got some data and made up my mind that what was needed was a very powerful engine for its weight, in small compass. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Capacity freight engine, ten tons net freight; cost of handling a ton of freight per mile per horse-power to be less than ordinary locomotive. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Mr. Sprague realized the trouble, quickly threw off the current and stopped the engine. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• A very simple illustration of the working of a steam engine is given in Figure 128. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• This increase of evaporative power increased the speed the engine could attain. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The large and powerful engines on the Great Western Railway have, however, only two driving wheels, which are 8 feet in diameter. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• These engines weigh as much as 31 tons, which is seven times more than the weight of the Rocket. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• In the Hetton Railway, which ran for a part of its distance through rough country, he used stationary engines wherever he could not secure grades that would make locomotives practicable. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The study and application of these conditions created great advancements in gas engines. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• If it ends in your setting the house on fire, Damme if I send for the engines, unless you ring the bell and order them first! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• They are said to be the first gas-steam engines to be put to practical use. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The station at Berlin comprised five boilers, and six vertical steam-engines driving by belts twelve Edison dynamos, each of about fifty-five horse-power capacity. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Air engines have been invented which can be used to either heat or cool the air, or do one or the other automatically. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Orders began to flow in, and Watt had his hands full in traveling about the country superintending the erection of his steam-engines. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Fleeming Jenkins that Gas engines will ultimately supplant the steam. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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