Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A direct-acting hammer where the hammer-block is lifted vertically, either by cams or friction-rollers, or, as is more commonly the case, by steam- or water-pressure acting on a piston in a closed cylinder.
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I have set Webb to work to try it with the little engine and a stamp-hammer of 60 lbs. weight.
James Watt Andrew Carnegie 1877
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