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31To be on her beam ends — Beam Beam (b[=e]m), n. [AS. be[ a]m beam, post, tree, ray of light; akin to OFries. b[=a]m tree, OS. b[=o]m, D. boom, OHG. boum, poum, G. baum, Icel. ba[eth]mr, Goth. bagms and Gr. fy^ma a growth, fy^nai to become, to be. Cf. L. radius staff, rod …
32walking beam — Beam Beam (b[=e]m), n. [AS. be[ a]m beam, post, tree, ray of light; akin to OFries. b[=a]m tree, OS. b[=o]m, D. boom, OHG. boum, poum, G. baum, Icel. ba[eth]mr, Goth. bagms and Gr. fy^ma a growth, fy^nai to become, to be. Cf. L. radius staff, rod …
33working beam — Beam Beam (b[=e]m), n. [AS. be[ a]m beam, post, tree, ray of light; akin to OFries. b[=a]m tree, OS. b[=o]m, D. boom, OHG. boum, poum, G. baum, Icel. ba[eth]mr, Goth. bagms and Gr. fy^ma a growth, fy^nai to become, to be. Cf. L. radius staff, rod …
34Against the Giants — The cover of the Against the Giants compilation module …
35George E. Clymer — (1754 ndash; 1834) was an American mechanic, statesman and inventor from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1813 he invented the Columbian Printing Press, an iron, lever operated replacement for the wooden screw presses based on Gutenberg s… …
36Crocker & Brewster — (1818 1876) was a leading publishing house in Boston, Massachusetts, during its 58 year existence. The business was located at today s 173 175 Washington Street for nearly half a century; in 1864 it moved to the adjoining building, where it… …
37pinch — I. v. a. 1. Nip, squeeze, compress, gripe. 2. Oppress, straiten, distress, afflict. 3. Frost, nip, injure with frost. 4. Press hard, try thoroughly. II. v. n. 1. Bear hard. 2. Spare, stint, be niggardly, be pa …
38crowe — an iron lever. N …
39Carbon steel — Iron alloy phases Ferrite (α iron, δ iron) Austenite (γ iron) Pearlite (88% ferrite, 12% cementite) …
40Marine steam engine — Period cut away diagram of a triple expansion steam engine installation, circa 1918 A marine steam engine is a reciprocating steam engine that is used to power a ship or boat. Steam turbines and diesel engines largely replaced reciprocating steam …
