Lexicographical Neighbors of Tampings
Literary usage of Tampings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rock Excavating and Blasting by John Joseph Cosgrove (1913)
"With high explosives very light tampings are sometimes used, as, for instance,
filling the drill hole with water or filling the hole a few inches with sand ..."
2. Rock Excavating and Blasting by John Joseph Cosgrove (1913)
"With high explosives very light tampings are sometimes used, as, for instance,
filling the drill hole with water or filling the hole a few inches with sand ..."
3. Rock Excavating and Blasting by John Joseph Cosgrove (1913)
"With high explosives very light tampings are sometimes used, as, for instance,
filling the drill hole with water or filling the hole a few inches with sand ..."
4. Proceedings of the Annual Convention by Mid-West Cement Users' Association (1906)
"... tamping after each addition; at least four fillings and tampings should be
given to each block. If the mixture is wet enough no noticeable layers will ..."
5. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1873)
"... and the greatest precautions must be taken to have all the iron fastenings as
well as the sand tampings strong enough to withstand the pressure. ..."
6. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1873)
"When, however, nitro-glycerine is used, the expansion of gases is so nearly
instantaneous, that the tampings, even when they are quite unstable, ..."
7. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1880)
"... and the greatest precautions must be taken to have all the iron fastenings as
well aa the sand tampings strong enough to withstand the pressure. ..."
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