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Definition of poppet head

Poppet head
Poppet Pop"pet, n. 1. See Puppet. 2. (Naut.) One of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways, used to support a vessel in launching. --Totten. 3. (Mach.) An upright support or guide fastened at the bottom only. Poppet head, Puppet head. See Headstock (a) .
poppet head
Headstock Head"stock`, n. (Mach.) A part (usually separate from the bed or frame) for supporting some of the principal working parts of a machine; as: (a) The part of a lathe that holds the revolving spindle and its attachments; -- also called poppet head, the opposite corresponding part being called a tailstock. (b) The part of a planing machine that supports the cutter, etc.

Meaning of poppet head from wikipedia

- A poppet valve (also sometimes called mushroom valve) is a valve typically used to control the timing and quantity of petrol (gas) or vapour flow into...
- below. The lookout, situated at the top of Camp Hill, was originally a poppet head from the Garden Gully United mine (one of Bendigo's richest mines) and...
- 1890s timber poppet head and ****ociated corrugated iron machinery buildings no longer exist. A metal poppet head replaced the timber poppet head in 1930s...
- traditionally-built mine shaft is the headframe (or winding tower, poppet head or pit head) which stands above the shaft. Depending on the type of hoist (or...
- internal combustion engines began to develop separately to steam engines, poppet valves became increasingly common. Beginning with the 1885 Daimler Reitwagen...
- they still retain an intact poppet head, the only surviving one in the Otago goldfields. The Golden Progress poppet head was constructed of Australian...
- the Great Cobar. The fire was deliberately lit, with the ore bins and poppet head being set on fire. Burning debris fell down the main shaft, setting fire...
- A replica of the famous Waihi Poppet Head, situated at the Northern End of Waihi Township....
- readings. The last occurrence of snow in the township was in 1929. The Poppet Head Lions Park Dakota DC3 West Wyalong Museum The Sister Kissing Booth West...
- War I, most of the infrastructure around the mines (e.g. headframes, poppet heads and machinery) was dismantled for recycling purposes during the war effort...