单词 | aerial screw |
释义 | > as lemmasaerial screw aerial screw n. now historical any of various kinds of propeller devised for the propulsion of heavier-than-air flying machines; cf. airscrew n. at air n.1 Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1856 Brit. Patent 2993 [The] first impetus..is easily sustained and increased by turning the aërial screw. 1892 O. Chanute in Railroad & Engin. Jrnl. Mar. 133/2 A proposed aerial screw machine. 1952 Sci. Monthly May p. v. (caption) Leonardo..designed numerous mechanical devices... Among them was an aerial screw, with motive power to be supplied by a spring-driven mechanism. < as lemmas |
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