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Definition of Ropeways
1. ropeway [n] - See also: ropeway
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ropeways
Literary usage of Ropeways
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mechanical Handling of Material: Being a Treatise on the Handling of by George Frederick Zimmer (1905)
"MODERN industry has made the widest use of ropeways (which are probably the oldest
form of conveyor), as that method of handling material is termed which ..."
2. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1893)
"Wire ropeways.—Drawings have been published illustrating the Bleichert system of
wire ropeways. In this system separate stationary cables are employed, ..."
3. The Mechanical Handling and Storing of Material: Being a Treatise on the by George Frederick Zimmer (1922)
"The origin of ropeways is, like that of many other flourishing institutions, ...
It may be objected that little or no traces remain of these ropeways, ..."
4. Machinery for Metalliferous Mines: A Practical Treatise for Mining Engineers by Edward Henry Davies (1894)
"AERIAL WIRE ropeways.—The question of the transport of the ore, ... There are
two systems of aerial ropeways : the one consists of an endless running rope, ..."
5. A Text-book of Ore and Stone Mining by Clement le Neve Foster (1894)
"Aerial ropeways.—These ropeways may be divided into five classes: a. Single supporting
rope, with or without a hauling rope. b. Endless rope, which is the ..."
6. A Treatise on Ore and Stone Mining by Clement le Neve Foster (1905)
"Aerial ropeways.—These ropeways may be divided into five classes:— ii. Single
supporting rope, with or without a hauling rope. 6. Endless rope, which is the ..."
7. A Treatise on Ore and Stone Mining by Clement le Neve Foster (1905)
"Aerial ropeways.—These ropeways may be divided into five classes:— a. Single
supporting rope, with or without a hauling rope. b. Endless rope, which is the ..."
8. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1898)
"Nevertheless, amongst all these there were many ropeways which, constructed as
they were, with crude materials, not perfected by experience, ..."
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