Steering+apparatus

  • 11helm — 1. noun /helm/ a) The steering apparatus of a ship, especially the tiller or wheel. b) The member of the crew in charge of steering the boat. 2 …

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  • 12Phineas Quimby — Phineas Parkhurst Quimby Born Phineas Parkhurst Quimby February 16 [O.S. February 4] 1802 Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States Died January 16, 1866( …

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  • 13CSS Selma (1856) — CSS Selma was a steamship in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. Selma was a coastwise packet built at Mobile, Alabama for the Mobile Mail Line in 1856. Little doubt now remains that she was originally named Florida . As… …

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  • 14Phineas Quimby — Phineas Parkhurst Quimby Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (16 février 1802 16 janvier 1866) est un philosophe américain, magnétiseur et adepte du mesmérisme. Il est principalement connu pour sa théorie de la guérison mentale&#1 …

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  • 15helm — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. tiller, wheel; authority, command, scepter. See direction. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. tiller, steering wheel, rudder, steerage, steering apparatus; see also wheel 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n.… …

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  • 16steerage — mid 15c., “action of steering,” from STEER (Cf. steer) (v.) + AGE (Cf. age). Meaning “part of a ship in front of the chief cabin” is from 1610s; originally where the steering apparatus of the ship was, it retained the name after the… …

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  • 17ship — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Vehicle for navigation on water Nouns 1. ship, vessel, sail; craft, bottom; airship (see aviation). See navigation. 2. (naval organization) navy, marine, fleet, flotilla, argosy; shipping, merchant… …

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  • 18aeroplane — aer *o*plane aeroplane a [ e]r*o*plane , n. [a[ e]ro + plane.] (A[ e]ronautics) 1. A light rigid plane used in a[ e]rial navigation to oppose sudden upward or downward movement in the air, as in gliding machines; specif., such a plane slightly… …

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  • 19aeroplane — aer *o*plane aeroplane a [ e]r*o*plane , n. [a[ e]ro + plane.] (A[ e]ronautics) 1. A light rigid plane used in a[ e]rial navigation to oppose sudden upward or downward movement in the air, as in gliding machines; specif., such a plane slightly… …

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  • 20airfoil — aeroplane aer *o*plane aeroplane a [ e]r*o*plane , n. [a[ e]ro + plane.] (A[ e]ronautics) 1. A light rigid plane used in a[ e]rial navigation to oppose sudden upward or downward movement in the air, as in gliding machines; specif., such a plane… …

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