Vanner

The name most common here, "vanner" is probably the one least acknowledged, in England, said Arnold. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We all imagine Beckett to be that vanner and would like to set her up as the target of one of those Top Gear stunts where a caravan is destroyed by interesting technical means. ❋ Unknown (2006)

For a Frue or Triumph vanner, with 220 revolutions per min. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

The only faults with the vanner are -- first, it is rather slow; and secondly, though so ingenious it is just a little complicated in construction for the average non-scientific operative. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

The Frue vanner is an endless indiarubber band drawn over an inclined table, to which a revolving and side motion is given by ingenious automatic mechanism, the pulp being automatically fed from the upper end, and the concentrates collected in a trough containing water in which the band is immersed in its passage under the table; the lighter particles wash over the lower end. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Chinamen were working these forerunners of the Frue vanner forty years ago in Australia, and getting fair returns. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

"Horse (vanner), thick set, 16 hands, 7 years, master 2 tons, reason sale, requires care when taken out of harness." ❋ Various (N/A)

I lately learned that the principle of one of our newest concentrating machines, the Frue vanner, was known in India and the East centuries ago; and we have it on good authority -- that of Pliny -- that gold saving by amalgamation with mercury was practised before the Christian era. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

The Frue vanner will, as a rule, act well when the pulp is sufficiently fine. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

The vanner stands in front of a tub of water (kieve) and allows 30 or 40 c.c. of water to flow on to the ore. ❋ Cornelius Beringer (1886)

The vanning results were obtained by a Cornish vanner of recognised ability, and the wet assays by two London firms of the highest standing: -- ❋ Cornelius Beringer (1886)

The vanner reported his black tin as containing 70 per cent. of tin. ❋ Cornelius Beringer (1886)

The black tin weighed by the vanner is supposed to correspond in quality with the black tin returned from the floors of the mine for which he is assaying, but this differs materially in different mines with the nature of the gangue. ❋ Cornelius Beringer (1886)

The process leaves too much to the judgment of the vanner. ❋ Cornelius Beringer (1886)

Half a shovelful of sand was placed in the vanner with a small quantity of water, and while Harry and Sam proceeded to wash some gravel roughly in the pans, Tom stood watching Jerry's operations. ❋ Unknown (1867)

He gave a gentle motion to the vanner that caused its contents to revolve, the coarser particles being thrown towards the edges while the finer remained in the centre. ❋ Unknown (1867)

A sideway action of the vanner caused this to slope gradually down towards the edge. ❋ Unknown (1867)

"You say 'vanner,' and they'll say 'Wot?'" he said, laughing. ❋ Unknown (2009)