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OIL-WELL SHOOTER

Specialty Definition: OIL-WELL SHOOTER

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Detonates torpedoes in bored oil wells to start or renew flow of oil in wells: Connects torpedo and electric cable terminals, using wrench. Signals HOIST OPERATOR (petrol. & gas) to lower torpedo into well. Presses switch or drops go-devil (detonating device) down well to detonate charge. May load torpedoes with explosives. May be required to have license for handling explosives. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: OIL-WELL SHOOTER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-h-i-l-l-l-o-o-o-r-s-t-w"

-5 letters: erstwhile, helotries, hollowest, hosteller, hoteliers, otherwise, wellholes, woolliest.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: OIL-WELL SHOOTER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 49 4C 2D 57 45 4C 4C      53 48 4F 4F 54 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01001001 01001100 00101101 01010111 01000101 01001100 01001100 00100000 01010011 01001000 01001111 01001111 01010100 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#73 &#76 &#45 &#87 &#69 &#76 &#76 &#32 &#83 &#72 &#79 &#79 &#84 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 0049 004C 002D 0057 0045 004C 004C      0053 0048 004F 004F 0054 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4943461557394646253424949543952

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