Steam Whistle
A steam whistle is a device used to produce sound with the aid of live steam, which acts as a vibrating system (compare to train horn).
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Famous quotes containing the words steam and/or whistle:
“A steam ran small and terrible and shrill;
it was so still;
the stream ran from the oak-copse
and returned and ran
back into shadow.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
“I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency. Let the words be gazetted and ridiculous henceforward. Instead of the gong for dinner, let us hear a whistle from the Spartan fife.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)