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Example sentences for "erector"

Lexicographically close words:
erectile; erecting; erection; erections; erectness; erects; ered; erelong; eremite; eremitical
  1. In this case a typical small entry wound was situated at the outer margin of the left erector spinæ muscle in the loin.

  2. He is the best engine erector I ever saw, and of his energy I had one of the best proofs this day.

  3. Dudley, Watt’s erector at Wheal Chance and Hallamanin, was pronounced incapable and a blunderer.

  4. Fitting requires more skill than turning, and erecting still more than fitting, but it is at the same time to be observed that the operations of the erector includes a great many of those of the fitter.

  5. Among the jobs that the erector is often called upon to perform is that of patching or repairing pieces that have cracked or broken.

  6. In a machine in which the working parts are carried and contained upon framework, such framework becomes the foundation so far as the erector is concerned.

  7. The fitter fits the work together after it has been operated upon by the lathe planer and other machine tools, and the erector receives the work from the fitter and erects it in place upon the engine or machine.

  8. The erector uses all the measuring tools used by the fitter or vice hand, and in addition many others, as stretched lines, the spirit-level and plumb-level.

  9. Here, for the first time, an "erector arm" was used for placing the segments, which weighed about half a ton.

  10. The great drawback to the original grip was that the plate swung on the lifting bolt, and thus brought a great strain on the bolt when held rigidly at right angles to the erector arm.

  11. The erector consisted of a box-shaped frame mounted on a central shaft revolving on bearings attached to the shield.

  12. The erector was revolved by two single-acting rams fixed horizontally to the back of the shield above the erector pivot through double chains and chain wheels keyed to the erector shaft.

  13. The pipefitters worked in both tunnels repairing leaks in pipes between the power-house and the working faces, extending the pipe lines, and attending to shield repairs, and in the latter work the erector runner helped.

  14. When the shield was designed, a grip was also designed by which the erector could handle segments without any special lugs being cast on them.

  15. The erector rotating rams were controlled by a similar valve, with four spindles, also operated by a single hand-wheel.

  16. The segments were placed by an erector consisting of a timber boom supported by cross-timbers running on car wheels on longitudinal timbers at each side of the tunnel.

  17. The projecting fixed ends of the grip were for taking the direct thrust on the grip caused by the erector ram when placing a segment.

  18. This erector approaches closely the faculties of the human arm.


  19. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "erector" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.