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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Detonates dynamite or other explosive charges in shallow boreholes to set up seismic waves that are recorded by seismic instruments and interpreted to reveal subsurface rock formations likely to contain petroleum deposits: Lowers explosives into borehole and pushes switch to detonate charge [SHOOTER (petrol. & gas)]. Moves, stores, and maintains inventories of high explosives. Repairs and services electric wiring and other shooting equipment and automotive equipment. Sets up shortwave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive shooting information. May drive truck to transport explosives and shooting equipment. May admit water into borehole to serve as tamping for explosive charge. May be required to be licensed by federal government to handle explosives. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: SHOOTER, SEISMOGRAPH |
| Specialty definitions using "SHOOTER, SEISMOGRAPH": OBSERVER, SEISMIC PROSPECTING. (references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters ",-a-e-e-g-h-h-i-m-o-o-o-p-r-r-s-s-s-t" | |
-5 letters: seismographers, thermographies. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 48 4F 4F 54 45 52 2C 53 45 49 53 4D 4F 47 52 41 50 48 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01001000 01001111 01001111 01010100 01000101 01010010 00101100 00100000 01010011 01000101 01001001 01010011 01001101 01001111 01000111 01010010 01000001 01010000 01001000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S H O O T E R ,   S E I S M O G R A P H |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0048 004F 004F 0054 0045 0052 002C 0053 0045 0049 0053 004D 004F 0047 0052 0041 0050 0048 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)534249495439521425339435347494152355042 |
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