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Definition of Flagpoles
1. flagpole [n] - See also: flagpole
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flagpoles
Literary usage of Flagpoles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1909)
"flagpoles 138. Correct Form.—The curve, taper, or entasis of a flagpole may be
developed by the following method: The diameter at the base where it emerges ..."
2. The Architects' and Builders' Handbook: Data for Architects, Structural by Frank Eugene Kidder (1921)
"The av*j weight per person of twenty thousand men and women weighed at Boston,
5fa in 1864, was, men, 1411.4 Ib; women, 124)4 Ib. Wooden flagpoles. ..."
3. Technology Review by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Association of Class Secretaries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association (1899)
"THE NEW flagpoles All those fortunate ones who have stood in the great "piazza"
of St. Mark's in Venice, facing the Cathedral, have been entranced by the ..."
4. The Architects' and Builders' Pocket-book: A Handbook for Architects by Frank Eugene Kidder, Thomas Nolan (1915)
"Steel flagpoles, t The Department of Education, City of New fa abandoned the use
of wooden flagpoles and is using steel flagpole*, ordinary building, ..."
5. The Elementary School Teacher and Course of Study by JSTOR (Organization), University of Chicago School of Education (1902)
"To find any dimensions of inaccessible objects, distances known: (a) by the use
of stakes, or flagpoles and rule of three ; (6) by means of the extemporized ..."
6. Topographic, Trigonometric and Geodetic Surveying: Including Geographic by Herbert Michael Wilson (1912)
"The distance between stations should be limited to the visibility of the flagpoles.
Rails or center of track must not be used as alignment sights. 6. ..."
7. Topographical Surveying: Including Geographic, Exploratory, and Military by Herbert Michael Wilson (1900)
"The distance between stations should be limited to the visibility of the flagpoles.
Rails or center of track must not be used as alignment sights. 6. ..."
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