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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****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...
- Gr****hoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are amongst what are possibly the most ancient living groups of chewing herbivorous...
- 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...
- 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...
- early years of the 20th, on side-wheel paddle steamer engines, including the gr****hopper engine, in the United States. The Lentz gear, of German origin...
- L-3B "Gr****hopper"". National Museum of the US Air Force. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2016. "Airframe Dossier – Aeronca L-3B Gr****hopper, s/n 42-36200...
- The Stinson L-13 (sometimes known as the Gr****hopper, like other aircraft of its type) is a US military utility aircraft first flown in 1945. The aircraft...
- 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...