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prospector [′prä‚spek·tər] (mining engineering) A person engaged in exploring for valuable minerals, or in testing supposed discoveries of the same. Prospector [′prä‚spek·tər] (aerospace engineering) A specific uncrewed spacecraft designed to make a soft landing on the moon to take measurements, photographs, and soil samples, and then return to earth. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Nor less so did the mighty subterranean prospector which had carried me to Pellucidar and back again, and which lay out in the desert about two miles from my camp. "We may stop here, and die of asphyxiation when our atmosphere tanks are empty," replied Perry, "or we may continue on with the slight hope that we may later sufficiently deflect the prospector from the vertical to carry us along the arc of a great circle which must eventually return us to the surface. He is middle-aged, has a bad record, and is not in any sense of the word a gentleman, but he has plenty of money--made it first in California oil, then grub-staked a prospector in British Columbia, cheated him out of his share of the big lode he discovered and doubled his own wealth half a dozen times over. |
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