Assertion: rotary steam engine | /r/HasProperty | snare
Facets:
value: for the unwary inventor
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: The truth, however, is that rotary steam engines were a snare and delusion for the unwary inventor that came second only to the perpetual motion machine, and a good number of lives must have been blighted by the pursuit of what looked easy, but proved unattainable in a practical form.