| 单词 | governor burner |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgovernor burner governor burner n. Engineering (now historical and rare) a gas lamp incorporating a mechanism to produce an even flow of gas to the burner regardless of variations in the pressure of the supply. ΚΠ 1859 Liverpool Mercury 31 Oct. 1/5 Why waste your gas?—Save 35 per cent. by using Neale's Patent Governor Burner. Price 1s. 6d. each. 1913 W. P. Gerhard Gas Lighting & Gas Fitting (ed. 4) 73 Governor burners are preferable to pressure regulators. 2008 C. Otter Victorian Eye iv. 142 Positioning governors within the lamp itself prevented flickering when gas surged: hence the development of the combined governor-burner, or rheometer. < as lemmas |
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