| 单词 | telpherman |
| 释义 | > as lemmastelpherman telpherman. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > [noun] > conveyor of goods by vehicle > by cable railway telpherman1904 1884 F. Jenkin in Jrnl. Soc. Arts 32 648/2 Telpher lines are adapted for the conveyance of minerals and other goods at a slow pace, and at a cheap rate. 1884 F. Jenkin in Jrnl. Soc. Arts 32 655/2 We are enabled to start or stop any number of telpher trains without disturbing the running of others. 1884 Sat. Rev. 31 May 712/2 In hilly country, where roads are difficult to construct, the telpher line might be eminently useful. 1888 W. E. Ayrton in Times 10 Sept. 11/3 The first track on which electric trams were run in series was the experimental ‘Telpher line’ erected in Glynde in 1883..for the automatic electric transport of goods. 1901 Munsey's Mag. 25 363/1 The traveling unit is called a ‘telpher’. The fixed cable serves as a rail.., and above it, in the same vertical plane, is a feed wire from which the telpher takes current. 1904 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. Oct. 266 With a machine and an assistant, a telpherman can convey 250 tons per day over a distance of 1,000 feet. < as lemmas |
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