Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The operation of adjusting the spindle of a millstone to bring it exactly perpendicular with the face of the bedstone. When so adjusted it is said to be in tram; when inclined to the face it is out of tram.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Silk Manuf.) The act or process of forming trams. See 2d
tram .
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- verb Present participle of
tram .
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Examples
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At twenty minutes past midnight last night, a tramming team leader at the Hartebeesfontein Gold Mine was killed when he was crushed between a side wall and a locomotive.
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"The establishment of basic specifications for underground tramming operations can contribute to the minimisation of accidents which have a direct effect on reportable and fatal accidents," he said.
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Legislation to correct this was proposed, as well as regulations on rockbursts and rockfalls, respirable dust, noise, truck and tramming accidents, radiation and colliery explosions.
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About 500000 untoward incidents occurred in tramming operations annually.
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Extraction of coarse debris in hand tramming works in the mine heading.
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Africans were paid a flat rate of 1s. 6d. a shift for shovelling, 1s. 8d. for tramming and 1s. 9p. or 2s. for drilling.
Class & Colour in South Africa - Chapter 13 Ray Esther 1969
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They drew full pay during the stoppage and on some mines took over the African's work, including tramming and shovelling, so as to demonstrate that they could keep the mines going without him.
Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 - Chapter 11 Ray Esther 1969
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Thus tramming and shaft work, as stated before, can be concentrated.
Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration Herbert Hoover 1919
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The tramming of ore by hand through such a distance would cost about double the amount to hoist it through
Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration Herbert Hoover 1919
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By shortening this distance of tramming and by consolidation of the material from all levels at the surface, where mechanical haulage can be installed, a second shaft is often justified.
Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration Herbert Hoover 1919
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