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Definition of Expanders
1. expander [n] - See also: expander
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expanders
Literary usage of Expanders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Railroad Shop Practice: Method and Tools by Frank Arthur Stanley (1921)
"TUBE TOOLS FROM VARIOUS SHOPS Tube expanders for locomotive boilers are made ...
These expanders were formerly made up from sections of wedge-shaped steel ..."
2. A Manual of Mining: Based on the Course of Lectures on Mining Delivered at by Magnus Colbjørn Ihlseng (1892)
"Conduction of the air; air as a motor; pipes, expanders, etc. ; theory in the
operation of the motor; tables of losses by friction ; discussion of the ..."
3. A Descriptive Treatise on Constructive Steam-engineering: Embracing Engines by Jay Manuel Whitham (1890)
"FUSIBLE PLUGS ; SAFETY-VALVES; WATER, ALARM, AND STEAM GAUGES; DAMPER-REGULATORS;
SPARK-ARRESTERS; MUFFLERS; WHISTLES; TUBE expanders, CLEANERS, AND PLUGS; ..."
4. A Manual of Mining: Based on the Course of Lectures on Mining Delivered at by Magnus Colbj/orn Ihlseng (1898)
"Conduction of the air; air as a motor; pipes, expanders, etc. ; theory in the
operation of the motor; tables of losses by friction; discussion of the ..."
5. The Dictionary of Trade Products, Manufacturing, and Technical Terms: With a by Peter Lund Simmonds (1858)
"CALISTHENIC INSTRUMENT-MAKER, a manufacturer of chest expanders, Лс. CALK, a name
for lime. CALKING, the process of tracing with a su-!e or hard pencil, ..."