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Jackhammer (Wikipedia)

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The Wikipedia article on the jackhammer, consulted for the 1806 Samuel Miller steam-powered rock drill that the entity's own description already credits as the earliest ancestor of the tool, cited on the Jackhammer invention entity.

Facts
Author
Wikipedia contributors
Publisher
Wikimedia Foundation
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackhammer
Source Type
Reference Work
Reliability Tier
2
Sources
Jackhammer (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationLead section
Quote, Lead section
A jackhammer (pneumatic drill, breaker, demolition hammer or road hammer in Commonwealth English) is a pneumatic or electro-mechanical tool that combines a hammer directly with a chisel.
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Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)

This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Inventions, 5 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

Well-attested

7

Inventions

Holds

1

Inventions

General References

2

Inventions

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