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• engine-room telegraph — noun : a signaling device for transmitting orders from an officer on the bridge of a ship to the engineer in charge relating to the direction and speed of the engine …   Useful english dictionary

• Engine order telegraph — This article is about the engine order telegraph, colloquially known as the chadburn . For other uses, see the English surname, also known by its variant Chadbourne . Several engine order telegraphs on the bridge of RMS Queen Mary …   Wikipedia

• engine bell — noun 1. : a bell on a locomotive used in signaling train and locomotive movements 2. : a part of the engine room telegraph of a ship …   Useful english dictionary

• telegraph — telegrapher /teuh leg reuh feuhr/; esp. Brit., telegraphist, n. /tel i graf , grahf /, n. 1. an apparatus, system, or process for transmitting messages or signals to a distant place, esp. by means of an electric device consisting essentially of a …   Universalium

• ship's telegraph — /ʃɪps ˈtɛləgræf/ (say ships teluhgraf) noun Obsolete a device on a ship for sending messages from the control room to the engine room …  

• Solar telegraph — Solar So lar, a. [L. solaris, fr. sol the sun; akin to As. s[=o]l, Icel. s[=o]l, Goth. sauil, Lith. saule, W. haul,. sul, Skr. svar, perhaps to E. sun:F. solaire. Cf. {Parasol}. {Sun}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Solar engine — Solar So lar, a. [L. solaris, fr. sol the sun; akin to As. s[=o]l, Icel. s[=o]l, Goth. sauil, Lith. saule, W. haul,. sul, Skr. svar, perhaps to E. sun:F. solaire. Cf. {Parasol}. {Sun}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sioux (steamship) — Sioux as shown on an old postcard. Career Name: Sioux later Olympic and …   Wikipedia

• USS West Virginia (BB-48) — USS West Virginia (BB 48), a Sclass|Colorado|battleship, was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 35th state.Her keel was laid down on 12 April 1920 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Newport News,… …   Wikipedia

• RMS Titanic — was an Olympic class passenger liner owned by the White Star Line and built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland (now Northern Ireland). On the night of 14 April 1912, during her maiden voyage, Titanic hit an iceberg, and sank… …   Wikipedia

• Chadburn — Originally the name of a company that manufactured engine order telegraphs for ships, the term chadburn is now commonly applied generically to any such device, no matter the manufacturer. * [http://www.trinitymarine.co.uk/displayproduct.phtml?prod… …   Wikipedia