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Definition of Quartz battery
1. Noun. A stamp mill for stamping quartz.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quartz Battery
Literary usage of Quartz battery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Quartz-battery, ». a machine for crushing quartz, and so extracting gold. 1890.
... 4: "There was a row [noise] like a quartz-battery. ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Quartz-battery, n. a machine for crushing quartz, and so extracting gold.
quartz-battery." 1890. ' The Argus," July 26, p. 4, col. ..."
3. Up and Down: Or, Fifty Years' Colonial Experiences in Australia, California by Barry, William Jackson, 1819- (1879)
"He would not believe my statement, and asked what on earth I wanted a quartz
battery for. I said I had purchased it as a speculation—such things were handy ..."
4. The History of Ballarat: From the First Pastoral Settlement to the Present Time by William Bramwell Withers (1887)
"One quartz battery of 16 head of stamps. One 50 Horse power steam engine, winding
engine, 25 Horse power engine and three puddling machines, Office houses, ..."
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