Langley
['læŋlɪ] or ['læŋli]
解释:
(noun.) United States astronomer and aviation pioneer who invented the bolometer and contributed to the design of early aircraft (1834-1906).
(noun.) unit of solar radiation.
手打:西格蒙德--From WordNet
例句:
- In the periodical publications of June, 1914, may be read the eloquent announcement: Langley's Folly Flies. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Br ashear, who contributed valuable information in reference to the activities of Samuel Pierpont Langley. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Very early in his investigations Langley thought he received through watching the anemometer a clue to the mystery of flight. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- The miracle of a bird's flight, that st eady and almost effortless motion, had interested Langley intensely--as had also the sun's radiation--from the years of his childhood. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Langley had adopted wings that slanted upward from the point at which they joined, copying the wings of a soaring buzzard. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Langley' s method of launching had been proved practical, but Curtiss finally deci ded to start from the water, and accordingly fitted the aeroplane with hydroae roplane floats. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Langley had in fact furnished experimental proof that the aerial locomotion of bodies many times heavier than air was possible. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- V, adopting purely and simply the arrangement of the American, Langley, which offers a good stability. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Langley was requested to undertake the construction of a machine which might lead to the development of an engine of war, and in December, 1898, he formall y agreed to go on with the work. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- It was followed by several more years of fruitful investigation, leading to that ultimate triumph whic h it was given to Samuel Pierpont Langley to see only with the eye of faith. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Abo ut three years after Langley's death the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution established the Langley Medal for investigations in aerodromics in its application to aviation. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- From the beginning, however, of his experiments Langley had sought to devise a successful flying machine. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Nevertheless, Langley's desire to construct a large, man-carrying aeroplane ultimately became irresistible. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- In 1905 an account of Langley's aeroplane appeared in the Bulletin of the Italian Aeronautical Society. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Curtis w as invited to send apparatus to Washington for the Langley Day Celebration. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
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