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Definition of Spanners
1. spanner [n] - See also: spanner
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spanners
Literary usage of Spanners
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Marine Engines and Boilers, Their Design and Construction: A Handbook for by Gustav Bauer (1905)
"Screw spanners.—In the equipment of the ship one or more sets of single (see Fig.
... For large heavy nuts the spanners In the ring nuts shown at Fig. ..."
2. The Essex Memorial, for 1836: Embracing a Register of the County by James Robinson Newhall (1836)
"9, Exchange, 12 feet of suction hose, 203 feet of spanners, 2 axes. ... 2 hose
carriages ; 8 torches ; 12 pair of spanners ; One Hose Company, with 550 feet ..."
3. Theatre Fires and Panics: Their Causes and Prevention by William Paul Gerhard (1896)
"HOSE-spanners. At each fire-valve there should be provided at least one hose-spanner.
Of these there are several good patterns in the market, and among the ..."
4. Elementary Lessons in Steam Machinery and the Marine Steam Engine: With a by Joseph Langmaid, H. Gaisford (1901)
"... heads and nuts made hexagonal, turned by spanners. Use of studs. Methods used
to prevent a nut screwed up from slacking back, lock nuts, guard*, ..."
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