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Definition of Headgears
1. headgear [n] - See also: headgear
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headgears
Literary usage of Headgears
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India by Geological Survey of India (1902)
"headgears.—The headgears or poppet-heads are usually of wood and are of simple
design ; but in ... The headgears at Ribblesdale shaft, Mysore Mine (see PI. ..."
2. The Witwatersrand Goldfields, Banket & Mining Practice: With an Appendix on by Samuel John Truscott (1907)
"Construction of headgears.—As before stated, a headgear has to carry the rope
and guide the skip or cage, so that the ore and waste may be landed at a ..."
3. The Mechanical Engineering of Collieries by T. Campbell Futers (1910)
"516; creeper, 364 Strength of chains, 290 Strain on winding ropes, 146, 151 Steel
i'. wood, 104 Steel, expansion of, 103 Steel headgears, 110 Steel guides. ..."
4. Gold Mining Machinery: Its Selection, Arrangement, and Installation. A by W. H. Tinney (1906)
"Chains—Ropes—Pulley Blocks—Winches—Sheer Legs—Anchorages—Lifting headgears and
Pumping Bob—Capstans—Workshops—Wood-working Tools—Circular ..."
5. Mining: A Journal Devoted to the Interests of Mines and Mining Students (1895)
"... the cages contain two and in many cases three decks, renders it necessary in
order to prevent overwinding that the headgears should be of great height. ..."
6. The Mining Engineer (1903)
"The condition of the woodwork had deteriorated, and it was decided to erect new
headgears at each pit. Both shafts are used for coal-winding for 9 hours per ..."
7. The Gold Mines of the Rand: Being a Description of the Mining Industry of by Frederick Henry Hatch, John Alexander Chalmers (1895)
"headgears.—Among the headgears in use there is naturally great diversity of
design, arising both from the nature of the shaft to be equipped and from the ..."
8. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1914)
"HL Botsford. Illustrates and describes types. 1200 w. Ene & Min Jour—Oct. 11, 1913.
No. 45805. headgears Notes on headgears for Collieries and Other Mines. ..."
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