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Definition of Tapes
1. tape [v] - See also: tape
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tapes
Literary usage of Tapes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mining Engineers' Handbook by Robert Peele (1918)
"The 50 ami ix-ft tapes arc usually thin steel ribbons; the longer tapes are
thicker and ... Some 300 or зоо-ft tapes arc made 201 ft or 301 ft long, ..."
2. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1907)
"determined with the invar tapes. Column 19 gives the residuals for the various
measures of the sections, not combining the invar and steel results. ..."
3. Plane Surveying: A Text-book and Pocket Manual by John Clayton Tracy (1907)
"Chains and tapes, (a) CHAINS. Each link of a Surveyor's chain is made of iron
... Metallic tapes are somewhat better, but they are affected by moisture and ..."
4. Geodetic Surveying and the Adjustment of Observations (method of Least Squares) by Edward Lovering Ingram (1911)
"Invar tapes. By alloying steel with about 35 per cent of nickel a material is
produced ... tapes made of invar have proven extremely satisfactory for ..."
5. Geodetic Surveying and the Adjustment of Observations (method of Least Squares) by Edward Lovering Ingram (1911)
"Invar tapes. By alloying steel with about 35 per cent of nickel a material is
produced possessing an exceedingly small coefficient of expansion, ..."
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