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Definition of Telphers
1. telpher [v] - See also: telpher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Telphers
Literary usage of Telphers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mechanical Handling and Storing of Material: Being a Treatise on the by George Frederick Zimmer (1922)
"telphers The ideal form of mono-rail traction is the ... (telphers are, however,
driven by oil or petrol ..."
2. Wharf Management, Stevedoring and Storage by Roy Samuel MacElwee, Thomas Rothwell Taylor (1921)
"These stop-watch studies should be a guide to improvement in cutting time at
various points along the line of operation. telphers. — There are two principal ..."
3. Wharf Management, Stevedoring and Storage by Roy Samuel MacElwee, Thomas Rothwell Taylor (1921)
"These stop-watch studies should be a guide to improvement in cutting time at
various points along the line of operation. telphers. — There are two principal ..."
4. Wharf Management, Stevedoring and Storage by Roy Samuel MacElwee, Thomas Rothwell Taylor (1921)
"These stop-watch studies should be a guide to improvement in cutting time at
various points along the line of operation. telphers.—There are two principal ..."
5. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution by Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents, Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum (1903)
"There are two factors of special importance in relation to the capacity of the
line: First, the speed, and second, the number of telphers and trailers. ..."
6. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1919)
"Its use for coal loading. Details of design and construction. telphers ...
Compares merits of telphers and conveyors; describes types of ..."