Jesus' Picture Dictionary

Monday, October 16, 2006

RUDDER
A vertically hinged plate of metal, fiberglass, or wood mounted at the stern of a ship or boat for directing its course.
PROPELLER
A machine for propelling an aircraft or boat, consisting of a power-driven shaft with radiating blades that are placed so as to thrust air or water in a desired direction when spinning.
DAMPER
An adjustable plate, as in the flue of a furnace or stove, for controlling the draft.
PANTOGRAPH
An instrument for copying a plane figure to a desired scale, consisting of styluses for tracing and copying mounted on four jointed rods in the form of a parallelogram with extended sides.

CHRONOMETER
An exceptionally precise timepiece.

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