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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Dresses and reshapes worn or damaged railroad switch points and frogs, using portable power grinder: Starts gasoline engine that activates grinding wheel. Holds face or rim of wheel against steel rail parts to remove imperfections and impart appropriate shape, restoring rail for safe, smooth operation. Performs running repairs to grinding machine, lubricates unit, and changes worn or chipped grinding wheels. May repair and adjust track switches, using wrenches and specified replacement parts. May grind ends of newly laid rails to attain smooth joint. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 52 49 4E 44 49 4E 47 2D 4D 41 43 48 49 4E 45 4F 50 45 52 41 54 4F 52 2C 50 4F 52 54 41 42 4C 45 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01010010 01001001 01001110 01000100 01001001 01001110 01000111 00101101 01001101 01000001 01000011 01001000 01001001 01001110 01000101 00100000 01001111 01010000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 00101100 00100000 01010000 01001111 01010010 01010100 01000001 01000010 01001100 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G R I N D I N G - M A C H I N E   O P E R A T O R ,   P O R T A B L E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0052 0049 004E 0044 0049 004E 0047 002D 004D 0041 0043 0048 0049 004E 0045 004F 0050 0045 0052 0041 0054 004F 0052 002C 0050 004F 0052 0054 0041 0042 004C 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41524348384348411547353742434839249503952355449521425049525435364639 |
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