Whitworthn.
/ˈwɪtwəːθ/, /ˈwɪtwəθ/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪtˌwərθ/ a. In full, Whitworth gun or rifle: A form of rifle (either cannon or small arm) invented by Sir Joseph Whitworth of Manchester (1854), having a hexagonal bore with a rapid twist, and firing an elongated shot. Also attributive. Whitworth metal or Whitworth steel, a specially strong make of steel cast under hydraulic pressure, used for ordnance and for other purposes.
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Whitworth1858
Springfield1862
Krupp1883
Savage1893
Skoda1902
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > steel > [noun] > cast-steel > types of
wootz1795
Whitworth metal1858
Whitworth steel1858
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > rifle > types of
three-o(h)-three1683
air rifle1801
yager1817
big bore1838
seventy-five1840
telescopic rifle1850
Minié rifle1851
needle rifle1856
pea rifle1856
Lancaster1857
six-shooting1858
Whitworth1858
Henry1861
polygroove1863
telescopic-sighted rifle1863
spencer1866
magazine rifle1867
Snider rifle1868
chassepot1869
Martini–Henry rifle1869
Winchester1871
Mauser rifle1872
Martini1876
saloon rifle1881
express1884
express rifle1884
Mannlicher1884
Mauser1887
Lee-Enfield1888
Flobert1890
pump gun1890
take-down1895
two-two1895
Ross rifle1901
hammer-rifle1907
sporter1907
French 751914
twenty-two1925
machine-gun rifle1941
assault rifle1950
assault weapon1968
kalashnikov1970
assault rifle1975
1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 380 The Whitworth has also a greater range, but at a cost of 300 per cent. more friction... The production of the Whitworth rifle will always be looked upon as an experiment of very great interest.
1860 All Year Round 15 Sept. 549 The Armstrong gun..is a built gun..; the Whitworth is a casting of what is called ‘homogeneous iron’.
1863 in Harvard Mem. Biogr. (1866) I. 251 One family had a Whitworth shot through their house yesterday.
1868 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. Not. & Abstr. 195 No. 1 projectile is Whitworth steel.
1869 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. (1870) 439 A projectile of ‘Whitworth’ metal.
1902 P. Marshall Metal Working Tools 63 For very small threads up to about ¼ in. diameter, the British Association thread is generally used, while beyond this size the Whitworth Standard is the best.
b. Used attributively and †in the possessive to designate a series of screw threads proposed by Whitworth in 1841 (and later additions to it), fasteners having one of these threads, and tools for use with the fasteners.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [adjective] > screw > types of screw or thread
Whitworth1877
acme thread1908
self-tapping1912
Phillips1935
1841 Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 1 157 (heading) ‘On an uniform system of screw threads.’ By Joseph Whitworth.]
1877 Calvert's Mechanics' Almanack 4 The terms, ‘Whitworth's Threads’, ‘Whitworth Taps’..have sprung from the lips of all concerned with the iron trade.
1916 Proc. Inst. Automobile Engineers 11 176 We all imagined that the Whitworth system for the larger sizes of screws was so perfect that there would be no difficulty in making sure that Whitworth nuts would fit Whitworth bolts sufficiently well for all practical purposes.
1968 J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts 160 Until the advent of the Whitworth thread, which standardized threads all over the country, it was the practice for smiths to tap their own threads.
1970 Kay & Co. (Worcester) Catal. 1970–71 Autumn–Winter 770/2 Ring Spanners... Available in Whitworth, AF or Metric sizes.
1972 Pract. Motorist Oct. 209/1 Whitworth fasteners are no longer in general use, although you will encounter them on older cars.
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