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单词 Schermuly
释义 Schermuly|ˈʃɜːmuːliː|
The name of William Schermuly (1857–1929), English inventor, used attrib. and absol. as proprietary names of apparatus comprising a line-carrying rocket fired from a pistol, used in life-saving at sea.
1922Life-Boat Feb. 243/1 The Line-Throwing Gun... The two appliances to which chief attention was given were the Coston gun, an American invention..and the Schermuly Portable Rocket Apparatus.1933R. B. Chenevix-Trench Jrnl. 28 Sept. in Mariner's Mirror (1979) LXV. 274 One line was fired by a Schermuly pistol.1947Trade Marks Jrnl. 30 July 443/2 Schermuly... Pyrotechnic articles, cartridges, and apparatus for firing rockets. The Schermuly Pistol Rocket Apparatus Limited,..Newdigate, Surrey; Manufacturers.1960E. L. Delmar-Morgan Cruising Yacht Equipment & Navigation ix. 111 The Schermuly..are of sealed metal case construction and embody a sealed-in mechanical ignition device.1973B. Callison Web of Salvage x. 134 With the Schermuly pistol angled upward and to windward.1979P. Ferris Talk to Me about England ii. 103 Jarre picked his way aft... Hansen [was] tearing the wrapper from a Schermuly rocket.
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