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Pitman   Listen
noun
Pitman  n.  (pl. pitmen)  
1.
One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc.
2.
(Mach.) The connecting rod in a sawmill; also, sometimes, a connecting rod in other machinery.





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"Pitman" Quotes from Famous Books



... and by this arrangement no unequal strain upon the cap is possible. A disk crank is used with suitable counterbalance, expressly adapted to the weight and speed of sash; a hammered steel wrist pin five inches in diameter, and a forged pitman of the most approved pattern, with best composition boxes. The iron drive pulley is 4 to 41/2 feet in diameter and 24 inches face; the fly-wheel six feet in diameter, and weighing 4,700 pounds, turned off at rim. When a wider and heavier sash is required, ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 • Various
... philanthropists, none exhibits a nobler nature or is worthier of a permanent record than Mrs. Fry. For this reason we welcome the sketch of her by Mrs. Pitman, published in ...
— Emily Bront • A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson


Words linked to "Pitman" :   pedagogue, collier, miner, mineworker, pedagog, Sir Isaac Pitman, educator


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