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Definition of Derricks
1. derrick [n] - See also: derrick
Lexicographical Neighbors of Derricks
Literary usage of Derricks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Design of Steel Mill Buildings and the Calculation of Stresses in Framed by Milo Smith Ketchum (1921)
"derricks AND TRAVELERS.—The common forms of appliances used in erecting steel
mill buildings ... Guy derricks may be swung in a full circle, either by hand ..."
2. Structural Engineers' Handbook: Data for the Design and Construction of by Milo Smith Ketchum (1914)
"Guy derricks may be swung in a full circle, either by hand or by means of a bull
... "A" derricks are used for light hoisting up to three to five tons. ..."
3. Structural Engineers' Handbook: Data for the Design and Construction of by Milo Smith Ketchum (1918)
"Guy derricks may be swung in a full circle, cither by hand or by means of a bull
... "A" derricks are used for light hoisting up to three to five tons. ..."
4. Safety in Building Construction by Travelers Insurance Companies (1921)
"Give particular attention to the weighting of stiff- leg derricks, because this
is an item of extreme importance. The necessary weight should be calculated ..."
5. Deep Well Drilling: The Principles and Practices of Deep Well Drilling, and by Walter Henry Jeffery (1921)
"Cement foundations are often used for heavy derricks in California. derricks are
built in varying size and degree of strength according to the depth of well ..."
6. A Practical Treatise on Hydraulic Mining in California: With Description of by Augustus Jesse Bowie (1885)
"derricks.—Strong derricks are used in hydraulic mines to facilitate the ...
derricks and electric-light machines necessitate the employment of a motor, ..."
7. The Catskill Water Supply of New York City: History, Location, Sub-surface by Lazarus White (1913)
"The soil was stripped in the same manner as for the south wing, and excavation
for the core wall made with traveling derricks. The concrete was mixed in a ..."
8. Handbook of Rock Excavation, Methods and Cost by Halbert Powers Gillette (1916)
"Tlie material was handled on stone boats and pole tracks and with small cars,
loaded either by hand or small derricks. Stone boats running on pole tracks ..."
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