Such application is not quite correct, since ``plane'' indicates a flat surface, and the lifting surfaces are always cambered. Propeller--See ``Air-Screw.''
Propeller, Tractor--An air-screw mounted in front of the main lifting surface. Propeller, Pusher--An air-screw mounted behind the main lifting surface. Pusher--An aeroplane of which the propeller is mounted behind the main lifting surface. Pylon--Any V-shaped construction from the point of which wires are taken. Power--Rate of working. Power, Horse--One horse-power represents a force sufficient to raise 33,000 lbs. 1 foot in a minute.英文原著 · 《The Aeroplane Speaks》
"That," said he, "is our door to fortune. Open it if you like; you won't see much, because it doesn't open far; but loosening a couple of screws will set that all right. The shaft, as you may see, is more or less bottomless; you pass under it whenever you go to your bath, and the top is a skylight on the bridge. That's why this thing has to be done while we're at Genoa, because they keep no watch on the bridge in port. The ventilator opposite ours is von Heumann's. It again will only mean a couple of screws, and there's a beam to stand on while you work."英文原著 · 《The Amateur Cracksman》
II.--CAMERA STAND.--The best constructed stands are made of maple or blackwallnut wood, having a cast iron socket (a, fig. 12,) through which the sliding rod b passes, and into which the legs c, c, with iron screw ferules are inserted. The platform d is made of two pieces, hinged together, as at e, and having a thumb screw for the purpose of elevating or depressing the instrument. [hipho_9.gif]英文原著 · 《The History and Practice of the Art of Photography》
10 gives an idea of the improvement on the English hand block. The top a is perfectly flat [hipho_10.gif] and smooth--a little smaller than the plate, so as to permit the latter to project a very little all around--having at opposite angles c c two clasps, one fixed the other moveable, but capable of being fastened by the thumb screw d, so as to secure the plate tightly upon the block. This block turns upon a swivle, b, which is attached to the table by the screw c, This block is only used for holding the plate while undergoing the first operation in cleaning. [hipho_11.gif]英文原著 · 《The History and Practice of the Art of Photography》
Hoopdriver got out his screw hammer and went to the handle. He was annoyed. "That's my business, I suppose," he said, fumbling with the screw. The unusual exertion had made his hands shake frightfully.英文原著 · 《The Wheels of Chance》
The man simply walked across the shed, opened and shut a box, and came up to the kneeling Hoopdriver with a screwdriver in his hand. Hoopdriver felt himself a lost man. He took the screwdriver with a tepid "Thanks," and incontinently had another inspiration.英文原著 · 《The Wheels of Chance》
Practical joke, my ass. Because of you, I didn't get to be on the cover of "Sports Illustrated." So screw you, screw your friend and screw Fairview.美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》
It's a whole other thing, shifting from screwing just as, you know, screwing, to screwing with the purpose of creating a new person.美剧 · 《Shameless》