2. Verb. (third-person singular of crane) ¹
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Definition of Cranes
1. crane [v] - See also: crane
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cranes
Literary usage of Cranes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Reference Book of Rules, Tables by William Kent (1902)
"cranes are divided into two classes, as to their motions, viz., ... Identical with
the jib-cranes, but rotating around a fixed column (which usually ..."
2. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1914)
"cranes TRANSPORTING AND CONVEYING and operation of conveying machinery. Ills.
3300 w. ... cranes Recent Crane Construction for Special Duties (Neuere ..."
3. Controllers for Electric Motors: A Treatise on the Modern Industrial by Henry Duvall James (1919)
"Practically all power cranes are now operated by electric motors. Some small
sized cranes are operated by hand, but the convenience of electric power and ..."
4. Electrical Engineer (1890)
"One of these cranes has been driven electrically for over a year, and having
proved its usefulness three others in the same yard have been also fitted, ..."
5. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1857)
"cranes, because the men placed aloft suffered the inconvenience of the steam
rising from the hot sand; but his own experience had led him to consider ..."
6. The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Reference Book of Rules, Tables by William Kent (1902)
"cranes are divided into two classes, as to their motions, viz., ... Identical with
the jib-cranes, but rotating around a fixed column (which usually ..."
7. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1914)
"cranes TRANSPORTING AND CONVEYING and operation of conveying machinery. Ills.
3300 w. ... cranes Recent Crane Construction for Special Duties (Neuere ..."
8. Controllers for Electric Motors: A Treatise on the Modern Industrial by Henry Duvall James (1919)
"Practically all power cranes are now operated by electric motors. Some small
sized cranes are operated by hand, but the convenience of electric power and ..."
9. Electrical Engineer (1890)
"One of these cranes has been driven electrically for over a year, and having
proved its usefulness three others in the same yard have been also fitted, ..."
10. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1857)
"cranes, because the men placed aloft suffered the inconvenience of the steam
rising from the hot sand; but his own experience had led him to consider ..."
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