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单词 tompion
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tompion
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n

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tompion: tompions
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He had the best London clock-maker, Thomas Tompion, construct a watch to his own design which incorporated the revolutionary hair-spring regulator.
BBC(Sep 27, 2014)
Dr. Taylor has lent the works for “Majestic Time,” a Tompion retrospective running through Jan. 19 at the National Watch & Clock Museum in Columbia, Pa.
New York Times(Jan 02, 2014)
The celebrated English clockmaker Thomas Tompion—and, subsequently, his successor, George Graham—later mod­i­fied the anchor escapement to operate without recoil.
Scientific American(Dec 31, 2011)
n plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture
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tampion
plug, stopper, stopple
blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
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