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Definition of Ignitors
1. ignitor [n] - See also: ignitor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ignitors
Literary usage of Ignitors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Automobile Engineering: A General Reference Work by American Technical Society (1920)
"As before stated, most of the electrical difficulties experienced with the
low-tension system involve the ignitors, or make-and- break plugs. ..."
2. A Text-book of Coal-mining: For the Use of Colliery Managers and Others by Herbert William Hughes (1901)
"Several accidents have been traced to the use of these types of ignitors, premature
explosion having taken place only a low seconds after the ignitors were ..."
3. The Horseless Age (1896)
"Experiments with ignitors and Vaporizers. Editor Horseless Age. DEAR SIR: Your
very interesting paper is looked forward to every month, especially the ..."
4. Journal by Institution of Electrical Engineers Radio Section (1874)
"... and it is a question how far our hybrid system of mechanical ignitors and
circuit-closers and compressed-air propelling mechanics can in action compare ..."
5. The Journals of Major-Gen. C.G. Gordon, C.B., at Kartoum by Charles George Gordon, Alfred Egmont Hake (1885)
"Were I to put them out again, I would lay the shells on the surface of the ground,
hiding the fuses or ignitors, and run the risk of their being seen. ..."
6. Human Rights in Northern Ireland: Congressional Hearing edited by Christopher H. Smith (1999)
"... Die Marking Rounds 37mm and 40mm Less Lethal (Bean Bag) Ammunition Explosive
Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Devices Detonators, Squibs and ignitors Lock and ..."
7. Self-propelled Vehicles: A Practical Treatise on the Theory, Construction by James Edward Homans (1910)
"The ignitors consist of coil spark plugs, each having one electrode grounded.
A box shown to the left contains the vibrator and condenser. ..."
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