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tompion

N ที่ อุด ปากกระบอกปืน ใหญ่  จุก  tampion

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TOMPION

n.The stopper of a cannon. [See Tampion. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TOMPION

Tom "pi *on, n. Etym: [See Tampios ]

 

1. A stopper of a cannon or a musket. See Tampion.

 

2. (Mus. )

 

Defn: A plug in a flute or an organ pipe, to modulate the tone. Knight.

 

3. The iron bottom to which grapeshot are fixed.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tompion

tom pi on |ˈtämpēən | ▶noun variant spelling of tampion.

 

Tompion, Thomas

Tom pi on, Thomas |ˈtämpēən ˈtɑmpiən | ( c. 1639 –1713 ), English clock- and watchmaker. He made one of the first balance-spring watches and made two large pendulum clocks for the Royal Greenwich Observatory.

 

Oxford Dictionary

tompion

tompion |ˈtɒmpɪən | ▶noun variant spelling of tampion.

 

Tompion, Thomas

Tompion, Thomas |ˈtɒmpɪən | ( c. 1639 –1713 ), English clock- and watchmaker. He made one of the first balance-spring watches and made two large pendulum clocks for the Royal Greenwich Observatory.