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Definition of Brattices
1. brattice [v] - See also: brattice
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brattices
Literary usage of Brattices
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Colliery Manager's Handbook: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Laying-out by Caleb Pamely (1898)
"... I'umps—Determination of Weight Necessary for Balance Bobs—Use and Action of
the Air Vessel—Bunion anil Plank brattices to form compartment in Shaft for ..."
2. A Manual of Mining: Based on the Course of Lectures on Mining Delivered at by Magnus Colbjørn Ihlseng (1892)
"Doors, regulators, etc.; safety doors, and extras, to be dropped after explosion;
air-crossings, overcasts, brattices, and their use; mineralized brattice. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1856)
"To guard against this accident, temporary shifting brattices are employed. ...
Tin' mode of applying these temporary brattices, or desl partitions, ..."
4. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Mines (1915)
"In a few mines in southern Illinois, where some of the entries are being driven
into gaseous territory, line brattices are constructed in order to conduct ..."
5. Report of Progress by State Geologist (1874-1890, Pennsylvania (1883)
"The customary method of building brattices is shown by Page Plate No. 9. ...
Long brattices always leak a large quantity of air. ..."
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