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Definition of Cages
1. cage [v] - See also: cage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cages
Literary usage of Cages
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"Guide cages: Two inches above the center line of the bottom roll, lugs are attached
to front and rear of the roll housings to support guide cages. ..."
2. The Catskill Water Supply of New York City: History, Location, Sub-surface by Lazarus White (1913)
"The steel head frames, muck bins, electric hoists, compressor plants, etc., used
during shaft sinking were continued in use and used to operate the cages ..."
3. The University Geological Survey of Kansas by Erasmus Haworth, Kansas Geological Survey (1904)
"cages.—As the mining operations during the past have been to a great extent
superficial, cages have not been employed, as they cannot be used to advantage ..."
4. A Text-book of Coal-mining: For the Use of Colliery Managers and Others by Herbert William Hughes (1898)
"The only objection urged against wire guides, is that the clearance between the
cages has to be more than if a rigid conductor was employed. ..."
5. The Design of Mine Structures by Milo Smith Ketchum (1912)
"Self-dumping cages are used in both bituminous mines and in anthracite ...
Detail plans of the self-dumping cages used at the Phillips mine are shown in Fig ..."
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