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    Plug and feather, also known as plugs and wedges, feather and wedges, wedges and shims, pins and feathers and feather and tare, refers to a technique...
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  • plug, plugged, or plugs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Plug, PLUG, plugs, or plugged may refer to: Plug, an insertive closure or stopper (plug)...
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    placing dynamite or other explosives in rock blasting, and holes for plug and feather quarrying. While a rock drill may be as simple as a specialized form...
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  • an axe. Cotter (pin) Drawing pin Froe Log splitter Nail (fastener) Plug and feather Quoin (printing) Scalpel Sickle Wheel chock Wikimedia Commons has media...
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    pneumatic drills is arduous work and so wire-saws have been introduced into the quarries, replacing much of the plug and feather cutting. Mining in Portland...
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    small amount of gunpowder, and then igniting it to fragment the rock in thin layers. A similar technique, called plug and feather, involves driving wedges...
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  • These methods include plug and feather, gad and wedge, and gunpowder blasting. In September 2014 a cow was rescued from the Beans and Bacon mine after falling...
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  • describe non-explosive demolition agents containing CaO, SiO2 and/or cement. Plug and feather Explosive material Mining Gambatese, John A. (February 2003)...
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    ancient times. Ore had been extracted by a method referred to as plug and feather or "feather wedges," which indicates that the workings date from before the...
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  • arc welding - Plasterer - Plasterwork - Plastic lumber - Plot plan - Plug and feather - Plumb bob - Plumber - Plumbing - Plumbing drawing - Pneumatic tool...
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