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Значения термина auxiliary engine на английском

(Nautical) a small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass)

Использование термина auxiliary engine на английском
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This seemed good advice, so the auxiliary engine was started and the winches began turning slowly.
Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope
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An auxiliary engine pumps cubic feet of atmosphere into every cabin through a series of airtrunks.
Love Stories
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The skiff used to pull the nets up is run on equipment powered by the auxiliary engine.
Dirty Rowdy Thing
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As the launch neared the mouth of the river a yawl-rigged craft with an auxiliary engine had just entered it.
Dick in the Everglades
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There is an auxiliary engine, of the Porter-Allen type, for driving the pumps and man engines when the main engine is not working.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885
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The main and auxiliary engines that would power generators and deck equipment need to be repaired.
Reuters
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Besides these engines there are also several auxiliary engines for pumping water into the boilers, etcetera.
Man on the Ocean: A Book about Boats and Ships
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These boilers are connected with all the auxiliary engines of the ship, numbering no fewer than forty-three.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887
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Auxiliary engine operable, but incapable of escape velocity".
Ghosts of Onyx
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"Found him locked in a small compartment down near the auxiliary engine room," the commander said briefly.
The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service
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