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Definition of Excavators
1. excavator [n] - See also: excavator
Lexicographical Neighbors of Excavators
Literary usage of Excavators
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Excavating Machinery by Allen Boyer McDaniel (1913)
"They may be classified as to the type of construction and the method of excavating
the material, as follows: A, Scraper excavators; B, templet excavators; ..."
2. Excavation by Allen Boyer McDaniel (1919)
"Trench excavators may be divided into two general classes, viz.: 1. ... I.
PIPE-TRENCH excavators This class of excavators will be considered under the ..."
3. Rivers and Canals: The Flow, Control, and Improvement of Rivers and the by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1896)
"excavators are only occasionally used in river works, for forming a new cut through
... excavators are made on the model of some of the principal types of ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on Operative Dentistry by Jonathan Taft (1883)
"31 presents an arrangement of excavators by Dr. IJ Wetherbee, very good indeed
so far as ... Of the Manufacture of excavators.—For making these instruments, ..."
5. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"J: G. Beck, il Eng M 4Я:429 Je '15 Excavating machine that walks. il Sci Am 113:
68 Jl 17 '15 Light power excavators, il Sci Am S 78:405 D 26 '14 ..."
6. Earthwork and Its Cost: A Handbook of Earth Excavation by Halbert Powers Gillette (1920)
"Dragline excavators for Railway Grading. Engineering and Contracting, June 4, 1913,
... Haulage Equipment Eliminated by Dragline excavators. ..."
7. A Method of Calculating the Cubic Contents of Excavations and Embankments by John Cresson Trautwine (1887)
"Where the depth of cutting is less than 10 feet, so much time is lost in moving
from place to place that the excavators do not work to advantage. ..."
8. Handbook of Cost Data for Contractors and Engineers: A Reference Book Giving by Halbert Powers Gillette (1910)
"The machine consists of an endless chain provided with cutters and scrapers which
deliver the earth onto a traveling belt, the excavators and conveyors ..."
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