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Definition of Adits
1. adit [n] - See also: adit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adits
Literary usage of Adits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Machinery for Metalliferous Mines: A Practical Treatise for Mining Engineers by Edward Henry Davies (1894)
"adits—Winding Barrels—Pumping Arrangements—Action of Pump—Plunger Pump—Pump
Rods—Balance Bobs—Details of Pumping Lift—Quantity of Water delivered at Each ..."
2. Mineralogia Cornubiensis: A Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining by William Pryce (1778)
"... the money the Tributor ought to have in the pound to earn a living. CHAP. v.
Of Damps in Mines, and of Levelling and Dialling Mines, adits, &c. ..."
3. Handbook of Mining Details (1912)
"DRIVING adits AND DRIFTS Practical Considerations and Methods—Timbering—Special
Types for Heavy Ground. PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND METHODS Fast Drifting. ..."
4. A Compilation of Spanish and Mexican Law: In Relation to Mines, and Titles by John Arnold Rockwell (1851)
"... the question must bu tried by the other justices, as may be noticed in the
ordinances of Peru above referred to. CHAPTER XXVI. OP adits AND ..."
5. A Treatise on Metalliferous Minerals and Mining by David Christopher Davies (1892)
"... Small Shafts, adits, Shafts, and Levels along Lode, Sumps. A CURIOUS chapter
might be written on the superstitious and magical means by which, ..."
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