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n. - A device that flattens something.

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  • The so-called crusher gauge was, however, first used by Captain Sir Andrew Noble in his researches on powder.
  • Crews are using a mobile rock crusher, which is powerful enough to pound rocks into material used to make road surfacing.
  • The crusher is a screw-jack style mechanism, responsible for applying the weight to the bridges to test their weight capacity.
  • The accompanying engravings represent an improved ore crusher, which is said to be very effective and economical in the use of power.
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