BEAM-ENGINE
\bˈiːmˈɛnd͡ʒɪn], \bˈiːmˈɛndʒɪn], \b_ˈiː_m_ˈɛ_n_dʒ_ɪ_n]\
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A large iron lever, capable of movement round a central axle; by one end it is attached to the piston-rod of a steam-engine; by the other it works a pump or drives the main shaft. A steam-engine in which a beam is used for transmitting the steam power is a Beam-E.
By Henry Percy Smith
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).