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Definition of Drop hammer
1. Noun. Device for making large forgings.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drop Hammer
Literary usage of Drop hammer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Foundations of Bridges and Buildings by Roland Parker Davis, Henry Sylvester Jacoby (1914)
"THE DROP PILE-HAMMER A drop-hammer is one which is raised by means of a rope and
then ... Sa shows a drop-hammer of modern design with all corners rounded. ..."
2. Foundations of Bridges and Buildings by Henry Sylvester Jacoby, Roland Parker Davis (1914)
"THE DROP PILE-HAMMER A drop-hammer is one which is raised by means of a rope and
then ... 8a shows a drop-hammer of modern design with all corners rounded. ..."
3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"As a rule, small work having a circular cross-section is forged under a drop
hammer, although this class of work is also frequently made under a power ..."
4. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by Mid-West Cement Users' Association (1915)
"The ability to vary the fall of the drop hammer is of great utility hi overcoming
the variable resistances to be met with in the driving. ..."
5. A Treatise on Masonry Construction by Ira Osborn Baker (1914)
"Drop-hammer vs. Steam-hammer. The drop-hammer is capable of driving the pile
against the greater resistance. The maximum fall of the drop-hammer is 40 or 50 ..."