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Grasshopper engine
Note: The meadow or green grasshoppers belong to the Locustid[ae]. They have long antenn[ae], large ovipositors, and stridulating organs at the base of the wings in the male. The European great green grasshopper (Locusta viridissima) belongs to this family. The common American green species mostly belong to Xiphidium, Orchelimum, and Conocephalus. 2. In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key; -- called also the hopper. --Grove. Grasshopper engine, a steam engine having a working beam with its fulcrum at one end, the steam cylinder at the other end, and the connecting rod at an intermediate point. Grasshopper lobster (Zo["o]l.) a young lobster. [Local, U. S.] Grasshopper warbler (Zo["o]l.), cricket bird.

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- Gr****hopper beam engines are beam engines that are pivoted at one end, rather than in the centre. Usually the connecting rod to the crankshaft is placed...
- at Dumbarton, Scotland The gr****hopper or 'half-lever' engine was a variant of the side-lever engine. The gr****hopper engine differs from the conventional...
- Gr****hoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous...
- Gr****hopper Manufacture Inc. (株式会社グラスホッパー・マニファクチュア, Kabushiki Gaisha Gurasuhoppā Manifakuchua) is a ****anese video game developer founded on March 30...
- The Taylorcraft L-2 Gr****hopper is an American observation and liaison aircraft built by Taylorcraft for the United States Army Air Forces in World War...
- landing with only one engine. The original Gr****hopper had flown exclusively with only a single Merlin 1D engine in place, the center engine which is now used...
- L-3B "Gr****hopper"". National Museum of the US Air Force. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2016. "Airframe DossierAeronca L-3B Gr****hopper, s/n 42-36200...
- Look up gr****hopper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A gr****hopper is a common type of herbivorous insect. Gr****hopper or gr****hoppers may also refer...
- prototype engine was s****ped in 1835 after the death of Phineas Davis. The reason was unclear. In 1892, four surviving similar Gr****hopper engines were reconditioned...
- Floating Bridge No. 11 and the two subsequent ferries were powered by diesel engines. The switch from steam to diesel meant it was possible to reduce the crew...