Piano Wire

Crosswords: Piano Wire

I assume he's still strangling young women with piano wire. (The Watcher; writing credit: Darcy Meyers; David Elliot)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Sigsbee Sounding Machine - invented by Charles D. Sigsbee First efficient piano wire sounding instrument Basic design of ocean sounding instruments stayed the same for the next 50 years Here the sounding machine is used to set Pillsbury current meter at known depth.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Thomson piano wire sounding machine as mounted on USS TUSCARORA This machine was invented by Sir William Thomson, a.k.a. Lord Kelvin Made use of heavy weight and piano wire - line paid out until weight hit bottom This machine revolutionized deepsea sounding Variations would be used for over 50 years.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

USS TUSCARORA - commanded by George Belknap First ship to successfully use piano wire sounding machine.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The BLAKE anchored off WINDWARD Passage George Belknap shipped Thomson piano wire machine to BLAKE in 1875 Charles Sigsbee modified Thomson machine Sigsbee sounding machine was the standard for many years.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Diagram of the Sigsbee Sounding Machine as used on the BLAKE George Belknap shipped Thomson piano wire machine to BLAKE in 1875 Charles Sigsbee modified Thomson machine to make the Sigsbee Sounding Machine Sigsbee sounding machine was the standard for many years.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Robert Peary North Pole Expedition Sounding with piano wire through the ice Profile of soundings tends to corroborate that Peary made the pole.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Pair of piano wire sounding machines on the PATTERSON.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

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Hungarian

zongorahúr. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ピアノ線 (atomic bomb, clown, picador, picaresque, Picasso, piccata, piggyback, pioneer). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ピアノせん. (various references)

Pig Latin

ianopay ireway

Romanian

coardã de pian. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: epinaoi, ripieno.

-3 letters: enwrap, inwrap, orpine, panier, pawner, pawnor, pinier, rapine, rapini, wanier, weapon, winier.

-4 letters: apron, arpen, irone, noria, opera, opine, orpin, owner, paeon, pareo, pawer, piano, power, prawn, prion, prone, rawin, repin, rewan, rewin, rewon, ripen, rowan, rowen, wiper.

-5 letters: aeon, aero, airn, anew, aper, earn, enow, inia, inro, iron, naoi, nape.

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