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Definition of Tapers
1. taper [v] - See also: taper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tapers
Literary usage of Tapers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of Advanced Machine Work: Prepared for Students in Technical by Robert Henry Smith (1915)
"tapers are expressed as so much per unit of length, as 1" per foot; ... tapers,
standard and special. — Taper parts are used on nearly all machines. ..."
2. A Manual of Engineering Drawing for Students and Draftsmen by Thomas Ewing French (1918)
"APPENDIX tapers.—For cylindrical shapes taper means the difference in diameter
for a given length. Thus for a taper of J^" per foot there would be a change ..."
3. A Manual of Engineering Drawing for Students and Draftsmen by Thomas Ewing French (1918)
"tapers.—For cylindrical shapes taper means the difference in diameter for a given
length. Thus for a taper of J<j" per foot there would be a change in ..."
4. A Manual of Engineering Drawing for Students and Draftsmen by Thomas Ewing French (1918)
"APPENDIX tapers. — For cylindrical shapes taper means the difference in diameter
for a given length. Thus for a taper of J^" per foot there would be a ..."
5. Manual of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1904)
"As the cutters are placed at the entrance of the holes, the tapers, after having
been ... When a plate has been thus filled with tapers it is removed, ..."
6. Machine Tool Operation by Henry D. Burghardt (1919)
"tapers.—One of the most important principles in machine shop practice is that
... There are four parts to every taper, the amount it tapers per foot; ..."
7. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1914)
"The diameters of the Reed tapers, however, differ from the Jarno, and the lengths
in most cases ... FE REED LATHE CENTER tapers TAPER PER FOOT = O.6 INCH. ..."
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