AtDDtA1: Stand by the Screw

[Dave Monroe]

   "The wind, which till now had been steady on their starboard
quarter, began to shift.  As their orders had directed them to proceed
to Chicago without delay, Randolph, after studying an aeronautical
chart of the country below them, called out, 'Now Suckling--aloft with
the anemometer--Blundell and Counterfly, stand by the Screw,'
referring to an aerial-propulsion device, which the more scientific
among my young readers  may recall from the boys' earlier adventures
(The Chums of Chance at Krakatoa, The Chums of Chance Search for
Atlantis), for augmenting the cruising speed of the
Inconvenience--invented by their longtime friend Professor Heino
Vanderjuice of New Haven, and powered by an ingenious turbine engine
whose boiler was heated by burning surplus hydrogen gas taken from the
envelope through special valve arrangements--though the intention had
been predictably disparaged by Dr. Vanderjuice's many rivals as no
better than a perpetual motion machine, in clear violation of
thermodynamical law." (AtD, Pt. I, p. 6)


"their orders"

The Chums have 'orders' to proceed to Chicago. From whom?

http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=ATD_1-25


"their starboard quarter"

Main Entry: star·board
Pronunciation: 'stär-b&rd
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English sterbord, from Old English stEorbord, from
stEor- steering oar + bord ship's side -- more at STEER, BOARD
: the right side of a ship or aircraft looking forward -- compare PORT

http://m-w.com/dictionary/starboard


anemometer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemometer

http://clcgi.msu.edu/~rtsmith/anemomet.html

http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/search?p=1&query=anemometer


"the Screw"

Main Entry: air·screw
Pronunciation: 'er-"skrü
Function: noun
chiefly British : an airplane propeller

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=airscrew

Cf. ...

http://www.museoscienza.org/english/leonardo/vite.asp

http://www.msichicago.org/scrapbook/scrapbook_exhibits/leonardo/models/05_model.html


"the boys' earlier adventures"

Krakatoa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4074651

http://www.vansandick.com/familie/archief/In_het_Rijk_van_Vulcaan/

Atlantis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis

http://www.sacred-texts.com/atl/index.htm

http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/atlantis.html


Professor Heino Vanderjuice

Heino Vanderjuice of New Haven

Scientist who designed the Inconvenience's hydrogen engine.
"Vanderjuice" suggests both "wonder juice" and "wander juice," fitting
since his engine allows the Chums to wander and is wondrous insofar as
it apparently violates the second law of thermodynamics. "Heino"
(HIE-no) is a man's given name meaning 'home' in German, Finnish, and
Estonian. Perhaps an allusion to the German pop star, Heino.

http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=ATD_1-25

Heino

http://www.heino.de/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heino

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/5991/


New Haven

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut

http://library.yale.edu/newhavenhistory/

http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/

http://www.albertus.edu/

http://www.yale.edu/


perpertual-motion machine

http://www.kilty.com/pmotion.htm

http://www.phact.org/e/dennis4.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_motion

http://www.lhup.edu/~DSIMANEK/museum/phys101.htm

http://www.lhup.edu/~DSIMANEK/museum/unwork.htm#neverwork


thermodynamical law

http://www.secondlaw.com/

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/statphys-statmech/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_law_of_thermodynamics

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/seclaw.html

http://www.humanthermodynamics.com/2nd-Law-Variations.html