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Definition of Drumheads
1. drumhead [n] - See also: drumhead
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drumheads
Literary usage of Drumheads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern American Tanning: A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Leather (1910)
"MANUFACTURE OF SKINS FOR drumheads. In the manufacture of skins for drumheads
the first thing to be considered is the selection of the skins. ..."
2. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1907)
"BOILER HEADS AND drumheads BOILER HEADS 41. The American rules state in regard
to boiler heads: "All heads employed in the construction of cylindrical ..."
3. About the Weather by Mark Walrod Harrington (1899)
"The box is under a high strain at all times, and the thinner drumheads gradually
change under this strain, until the instrument ceases to work ..."
4. Essentials of the Diseases of the Ear: Arranged in the Form of Questions and by Edward Baldwin Gleason (1902)
"It should be noted that most, if not all, of the "artificial drums" and " drumheads"
advertised in the public prints as aids to hearing are clumsy ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1874)
"Cérébro-spinal meningitis ; absolute deafness ; both drumheads sunken.—CM, boy,
set. 4 years 8 months, heard and talked well until about a year ago, ..."
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