| 单词 | damper-crank |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdamper-crank (a) In sense 2a, as damper-crank, damper-rail, damper-stick, †damper-stop; damper-pedal n. that pedal in a pianoforte which raises all the dampers, the ‘loud pedal’; (b) in sense 3, as damper-regulator n. a contrivance by which the heat of the furnace or the pressure of steam is made to control the damper. damper weight n. (see quot. 1888). ΚΠ 1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 140 Fig. 2, e Damper stick. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 141 The damper-stop raised the dampers from the strings. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 141 Fig. 10, k Damper Crank. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 142 Fig. 11, g Damper rail. 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 676/2 The damper-regulators which act by the pressure of steam are of three or more kinds. 1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. 102 Damper weight, a weight used to counterbalance that of the damper of a steam boiler in order to render it easy of adjustment. < as lemmas |
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