Chutes
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Examples
- In succession are the chutes on which the crates of fenders are sent down from the fourth floor of the main factory building to the shipping platform. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Sixty great dredges were employed on the work, and the dredged material was discharged in chutes on to the bank. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- There will be noticed the vertical chutes, extending through the ceiling. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The bodies are let down the chutes on belt conveyors, picked up by small derricks and swung over onto the chassis. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Chutes run from one machine to another, so that a workman can transport a part from his operation to the next one by gravity. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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