Among them was the owner of a colliery in the north named Blackett, who built a number of engines for propelling coal-cars and used them at his mines. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
As early as 1680 Sir Isaac Newton proposed a steam carriage in which the propelling power was the reactionary discharge of a rearwardly directed jet of steam. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
In 1786-7 he obtained in Pennsylvania and Maryland patents for applying steam to driving flour mills and propelling waggons. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
The machine in the lower view is self-propelling, cuts and threshes the grain, throwing out the straw, and places the grain in sacks ready for loading on the wagon. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
The principle of the dry condenser has, however, been lately made available in a new kind of engine, wherein the combined action of steam and of spirit vapour is applied as the propelling power. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
In 1802 he had started a course of calculations on the resistance of water, and the comparative advantages of the known means of propelling vessels. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
One was used in connection with the propelling lever, which was provided with a pawl to fit into the teeth of the reversed ratchet wheel on its forward movement. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
Originally, gunpowder was pulverulent, like that used in fire works, and had but little propelling force. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
Not disheartened by this failure he built another one, longer and stronger, and this he succeeded in propelling by steam power, though very slowly. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
In some special applications, however, as for propelling torpedoes, where its cost is entirely subordinate to effective results, it might prove to be of value. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
The cable plan has also been tried with some success in the propelling of canal boats. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
The Marquis of Worcester, in his Century of Inventions, also speaks vaguely of a mode of propelling ships. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
If a live snake be laid open, the heart will be se en pulsating and propelling its contents. 李贝.西洋科学史.
The engine had two vertical cylinders and worked the propelling gear with cross-heads and connecting-rods. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
The application of the internal combustion engine to the use of propelling vehicles was the beginning of a new era in that world. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.