beam engine

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beam engine

(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) an early type of steam engine, in which a pivoted beam is vibrated by a vertical steam cylinder at one end, so that it transmits motion to the workload, such as a pump, at the other end

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M'-Naught			And for those who want to find out more about mining history, there's the museum at Geevor Tin Mine and the restored steam beam engine at Levant Mine. Set your own pace in Cornwall by Birmingham Mail (England) The original steam beam engine which powered the Stephenson works has been transferred to Beamish Museum in County Durham, along with a lathe believed to have been used by George Stephenson when he worked at Killingworth Colliery. Historic trust pulls out of its premises; Organisation saved building ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England) He took me as a child to Ironbridge and explained about the bridge and he also took me to see a beam engine working. Letter: Let's give Brum its own industrial museum; THE BIG TALKING ... by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)			beady eye beady-eyed beagle Beaglehole beagling beak beaked beaked hazelnut beaked parsley beaked salmon beaked whale beaker Beaker folk Beakhead Beakiron beakless beaklike beaky-nosed Beal Beale beam beam aerial beam balance Beam center beam compass beam engine beam hole beam of light beam rider beam riding beam scale beam splitter Beam tree beam width beam-ends Beambird Beamed beamer Beamful Beamily Beaminess beaming Beamingly beamish Beamless Beamlet beamy Bean bean aphid Bean aphis bean ball			Beam Change Trigger beam clamp beam clamp beam clamp beam clamp beam clip beam collimation Beam column Beam compass Beam compass beam compasses beam compasses Beam Congruency System Beam Correction Factor beam coupling beam current Beam Current Monitor beam cutoff angle Beam diameter Beam diameter Beam divergence beam down beam down beam down beam down beam drop beam edge beam efficiency Beam emittance beam encasement beam engine beam engines beam engines Beam Equivalent Pressure beam expander Beam Experiment Aboard Rocket beam extractor beam fill beam filling beam form Beam Former beam forming Beam Forming Electrode Beam Frequency Network Beam Gas Path Length Beam Global Wine & Spirits beam hanger beam hardening beam holding beam hole beam hole Beam Imaging System Beam Induced Light Emission beam infilling Beam Injection Assessment of Defects in Semiconductors Beam Injection Assessment of Microstructures in Semiconductors beam iron

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