motor-box

Updated: May 31, 2025

With trembling fingers he fastened the broad steel belt round the dead man's waist. Then he screwed the wings into the sockets. Beneath he slung the motor-box, fastened the wires, and switched on the connection. For a minute or two the huge yellow fans flapped and flickered.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Last Galley : Impressions and Tales