About 30 results for ‘Pickaxe’
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Pickaxe
A pickaxe is a hand tool with a hard head attached perpendicular to the handle. Some people make the distinction that a pickaxe has a head with a pointed end and a flat end, and a pick has both ends pointed, or only one end; but most people use the words to mean the same thing. The head is usually made of metal, and the handle is most commonly wood, metal or fiberglass. The head is a spike ending in a sharp point, may curve slightly, and often has a counter-weight to improve ease of use. The stronger the spike, the more effectively the tool can pierce the surface. Rocking the embedded spike about and removing it can then break up the surface. The counterweight nowadays is nearly always a second spike, often with a flat end for prying. The pointed edge is most often used to break up rocky surfaces or other hard surfaces such as concrete or hardened dried earth. The large momentum of a heavy pickaxe, combined with the small contact area, makes it very effective for this purpose. The chiseled end, if present, is used for purposes including cutting through roots. A Mandrill is a miner's smallish pick for use in confined spaces. Also note that during war in medieval time the pickaxe was used as a weapon. Originally used as agricultural tools as far back as prehistoric cultures, picks have also served for tasks ranging from traditional mining to warfare. The design has also evolved into other tools such as the plough and the mattock. In prehistoric times a large shed deer antler from a suitable species was often cut down to its shaft and its lowest tine and used as a one-pointed pick. http://www. ingenious. org. uk/See/Tradeandindustry/Handandmachinetools/?target=SeeMedium&ObjectID=%7BB316DA4B-0B90-D31E-C28F-94EC504B8D04%7D&viewby=images http://www. dkimages. com/discover/previews/847/970747. JPG http://www. museumoflondon. org. uk/piclib/images%5CTHUMB%5C0330000190_5mb. jpg In the Miscellaneous Symbols block, Unicode 5.2 introduces the glyph ⛏ (U+26CF PICK), representable in HTML as or, to represent this tool.
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CAMP DE SISSONNE - LES SAUVAGES AU CAMP
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Militaria
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Man
- Military camp
- Pickaxe
- Serviceman
- Sissonne
- Social group
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- Date:
- 20th century
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GENIE. Armée française (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Drum
- Flag
- France
- French people
- Helmet
- Military engineering
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- Date:
- 19th century
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PLANCHE DE SAINTS. (titre factice)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Altar
- Angel
- Assumption of Mary
- Axe
- Benedict of Nursia
- Crosier
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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SCENES DIVERSES DU SIEGE DE SEBASTOPOL. (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Barrel
- Cadaver
- Cannon
- Crimean War
- Design engineer
- Drum
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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SIEGE DE SEBASTOPOL.Travaux du Génie. (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Colonel
- Crimean War
- French people
- Pickaxe
- Serviceman
- Sevastopol
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- Date:
- 19th century
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DERNIERS MEFAITS DE PIERROT. (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bed
- Boat
- Cadaver
- Cage (enclosure)
- Cat
- Chest (furniture)
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- Date:
- 19th century
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REGIMENT DU GENIE. (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bayonet
- Clarion (instrument)
- Drum
- Flag
- France
- French people
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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LA SAGESSE DES NATIONS-OU LES PROVERBES (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Book
- Boy
- Bridge
- Cat
- Charcuterie
- Christian cross
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Démolition de la Bastille, Paris, juillet 1789. (titre fa...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Demolition
- French Revolution
- Man
- Paris
- Pickaxe
- Prison
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- Date:
- 18th century
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SAINTE BARBE (titre inscrit)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Artillery
- Aureola
- Bottle
- Crown (headgear)
- Discourse
- Firefighter
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Colijn de Coter
Légende de saint Etienne (scène 12) : Fouilles ordonnées ...
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- Field(s):
- Middle Ages
- Tapestry
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- Date:
- 15th century
- 16th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean Baffier
Le travailleur de la terre (Titre factice)
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Designation:
- assiette (historiée) | décor patriotique
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Crosier
- Fleuron (architectural)
- French Revolution
- Justice
- Knot
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Sarreguemines
Guerre de Crimée (3) (Série décorative)
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crimean War
- Military
- Pickaxe
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BELGIQUE (BRUXELLES) (titre inscrit)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Basket weaving
- Belgium
- Brussels
- Cathedral
- Folk costume
- Miner
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- Date:
- 19th century
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Godefroy Engelmann
Le Chartier Embourbé, VI, 18
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- Artist(s):
- Godefroy Engelmann
Le Chartier Embourbé, VI, 18
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