Milling
['mɪlɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mill
(n.) The act or employment of grinding or passing through a mill; the process of fulling; the process of making a raised or intented edge upon coin, etc.; the process of dressing surfaces of various shapes with rotary cutters. See Mill.
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Examples
- The wanderings led to the old ore-milling plant at Edison, now practically a mass of deserted buildings all going to decay. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- During the progress of the ore-milling work at Edison, it became desirable to carry on a certain operation by some special machinery. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This process is best adapted to what are known as free milling or porous ores, where the gold is free and very fine and is attracted readily by mercury. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The planchets, after being adjusted, are taken to the coining and milling rooms, and are passed through the milling machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Milling processes within the last twenty-five years have been completely transformed by the introduction of the roller mill and middlings purifier. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In the story of the ore-milling work, it has been noted that the plant was shut down owing to the competition of the cheap ore from the Mesaba Range. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It consisted of many milling machines and other tools for duplicating. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Crude as these means were they were the chief ones used in milling until within a century and a quarter ago. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A great advance in milling was made both in America and Europe by the inventions of Oliver Evans. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Fig. 2 shows the sole plate in the hands of the workman, held against a rapidly revolving polishing wheel, after it has been run through a milling machine and ground to a perfect size. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It has been said that Edison's scrap-heap contains the elements of a liberal education, and this was essentially true of the discard during the ore-milling experience. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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