c**i 发帖数: 6973 | 1 Nick Schulz, Engines of Commerce; The unheralded machine power that moves
manufactured goods and raw materials around the world. Wall Street Journal,
Dec. 1, 2010 (title in the print).
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704584804575645034285007578.html
(book review on Vaclav Smil, Prime Movers of Globalization. MIT Press, 2010)
Note:
(a) Rudolph Diesel (1958-1913) obtained in 1892 a patent for an engine he
designed.
(b) Frank Whittle (1907-1996; father of jet propulsion) took out a patent
designing a gas turbine for jet propulsion, crediting work of a Norwegian, &
AElig;gidius Elling.
(c) "The turbofan is a type of aircraft jet engine based around a gas
turbine engine."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbofan
(d) Pollyanna
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollyanna
(a best-selling 1913 novel by Eleanor H. Porter)
(e) mug (vt): "to attack suddenly : BUSHWHACK
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