steel milln.

†1. A device for producing a stream of sparks by the rapid revolution of a steel disc in contact with a flint; used for light in coal-mines before the invention of the safety-lamp. Obsolete.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > lamp

pitman candle1658

fire lamp1769

steel mill1772

safe lamp1815

safe lantern1815

safety lamp1815

safety lantern1815

safe light1816

Davy1817

lamp1839

Geordie1844

pit lamp1860

flame-lamp1888

1772 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. (1774) 49 The colliers..have invented..what they call a steel-mill, consisting of a small wheel and a handle; this they turn with vast rapidity against a flint.

1844 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 7 235/1 A shower of sparks from a steel-mill, turned by a boy, was the only light by which he dare work.

2. A mill or factory where steel is rolled into sheets.

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society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with metal > [noun] > rolling-mill

rolling mill1616

plate mill1671

steel mill1858

roller shop1859

lead-mill1863

sheet-mill1884

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Steel-mill maker, a manufacturer of forge tilts, or rolling mills, for hammering steel into bars, or rolling it into sheets.

3. (See quot. 1875.)

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1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Steel-mill, a mill with metallic grinding-surfaces, usually of steel... Coffee and spice mills are instances.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	steel mill
释义	steel milln. †1. A device for producing a stream of sparks by the rapid revolution of a steel disc in contact with a flint; used for light in coal-mines before the invention of the safety-lamp. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > lamp pitman candle1658 fire lamp1769 steel mill1772 safe lamp1815 safe lantern1815 safety lamp1815 safety lantern1815 safe light1816 Davy1817 lamp1839 Geordie1844 pit lamp1860 flame-lamp1888 1772 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. (1774) 49 The colliers..have invented..what they call a steel-mill, consisting of a small wheel and a handle; this they turn with vast rapidity against a flint. 1844 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 7 235/1 A shower of sparks from a steel-mill, turned by a boy, was the only light by which he dare work. 2. A mill or factory where steel is rolled into sheets. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with metal > [noun] > rolling-mill rolling mill1616 plate mill1671 steel mill1858 roller shop1859 lead-mill1863 sheet-mill1884 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Steel-mill maker, a manufacturer of forge tilts, or rolling mills, for hammering steel into bars, or rolling it into sheets. 3. (See quot. 1875.) ΚΠ 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Steel-mill, a mill with metallic grinding-surfaces, usually of steel... Coffee and spice mills are instances. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1772
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