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Definition of Goliaths
1. goliath [n] - See also: goliath
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goliaths
Literary usage of Goliaths
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Elementary Treatise on Hoisting Machinery Including the Elements of Crane by Joseph Gregory Horner (1903)
"Overhead Travellers—goliaths. THESE are broadly divisible into two types,—travellers
that run on overhead gantries, goliaths, and gantry cranes that run on ..."
2. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Harbour Engineering by Brysson Cunningham (1908)
"... Trackways—Low Level System—Wall Construction : Staging and End-on Systems—Functions
of Titana, Mammoths, and goliaths—Caisson System—Foundations: Nature ..."
3. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Harbour Engineering by Brysson Cunningham (1908)
"... Trackways—Low Level System—Wall Construction : Staging and End-on Systems—Functions
of Titans, Mammoths, and goliaths—Caisson System—Foundations ..."
4. Henley's Encyclopædia of Practical Engineering and Allied Trades: A by Joseph Gregory Horner (1907)
"The original of the goliaths is the Wellington crane, timber framed. ... Some hand
goliaths have crabs operated by an endless rope dependent from a grooved ..."
5. Appleby's Illustrated Handbook of Machinery by Charles James Appleby (1882)
"ELEVATION HAND-POWER goliaths. Cranes of this construction are economical in
first cost ... The portable goliaths are fitted with wheels, gear, handles, &c. ..."
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