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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Separates blocks of rough dimension stone from quarry mass, using jackhammer, wedges, and feathers (shims): Marks desired dimensions on stone, using rule and chalkline, and cuts groove along outline, using chisel. Drills holes along outline with jackhammer [JACKHAMMER OPERATOR (mine & quarry)]. Inserts wedges and feathers into holes and drives wedges with sledgehammer to split stone from mass. May set charge of explosives to split rock [BLASTER (mine & quarry)]. May drill holes into side of stone broken from mass, insert dogs or attach sling, and direct movement of stone from area. May be designated according to type of stone separated as Sandstone Splitter (mine & quarry). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)51 55 41 52 52 59      50 4C 55 47 2D 41 4E 44 2D 46 45 41 54 48 45 52      44 52 49 4C 4C 45 52 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010001 01010101 01000001 01010010 01010010 01011001 00100000 01010000 01001100 01010101 01000111 00101101 01000001 01001110 01000100 00101101 01000110 01000101 01000001 01010100 01001000 01000101 01010010 00100000 01000100 01010010 01001001 01001100 01001100 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)Q U A R R Y   P L U G - A N D - F E A T H E R   D R I L L E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0051 0055 0041 0052 0052 0059      0050 004C 0055 0047 002D 0041 004E 0044 002D 0046 0045 0041 0054 0048 0045 0052      0044 0052 0049 004C 004C 0045 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)515535525259250465541153548381540393554423952238524346463952 |
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