Meaning of steam hammer | Babel Free

Definitions

An industrial machine designed to produce a hammer action through steam power.

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Examples

“The steel works, with their Siemens furnaces, the rail-rolling mill with its enormous single-cylinder engine fitted with Corliss valve gear, and the forge in which were installed the great steam hammers and hydraulic presses—these were teeming with interest, and the best way to pick up information was to work with the millwrights.”

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