| 单词 |
danaide |
| 释义 |
danaide|ˈdæneɪaɪd| [a. mod.F. danaïde (see prec.): so named in 1813 by a committee of the French Academy of Sciences, to whom it was submitted by the inventor Mannoury d'Ectot, from a fancied analogy to the vessels which the Danaides were required to fill.] A kind of horizontal water wheel, consisting of a vertical axis to which is attached a conical drum and case, with radial spiral floats; the water is directed against the floats by a chute and escapes at the bottom: also called ‘tub-wheel’.
1825Mech. Mag. IV. 41 Description of the Danaide. 1856E. Cresy Encycl. Civ. Eng. 959 Danaide..this machine may be classed among hydraulic wheels. |

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