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teller

See:tab

telltale

a. A simple device for indicating selected conditions of loading, flow,
direction, etc. Pryor, 3
b. A device for keeping a check on employees (as factory hands, drivers,
check takers), esp. a time clock. Webster 3rd

telluric bismuth

A former name for tetradymite. See also:tetradymite

telluric current

Natural electric current that flows on or near the Earth's surface in
large sheets. Syn:earth current

telluric-current prospecting

A geophysical prospecting technique utilizing natural Earth currents as a
source instead of artificially generated currents injected into the
ground. Dobrin

telluric ocher

The mineral tellurite, TeO2 . Fay

telluric silver

See:hessite

telluride

A mineral that is a compound of a metal and tellurium, such as hessite, Ag
2 Te .

tellurides

Ores of the precious metals (chiefly gold) containing tellurium.
Gordon

telluriferous

Yielding or containing tellurium. Standard, 2

tellurite

An orthorhombic mineral, TeO2 ; dimorphous with paratellurite;
colorless to yellow; occurs in hydrothermal veins.

tellurium

A trigonal mineral, Te , native tellurium; soft; sp gr, 6.2;
semimetallic; in pyrite, sulfur, or in the fine dust of gold-telluride
mines.

tellurium glance

See:nagyagite

tellurium mineral

Primarily native tellurium, Te ; tellurite, TeO2 ; tetradymite, Bi
2 Te2 S ; or hessite, Ag2 Te .

tellurnickel

See:melonite

tellurobismuthite

A trigonal mineral, Bi2 Te3 ; tetradymite group; forms a
series with tellurantimony.

tellurometer

Trade name of a rugged portable electronic device that measures ground
distances precisely by determining the velocity of a phase-modulated,
continuous, microwave radio signal transmitted between two instruments
operating alternately as master station and remote station. It has a range
up to 35 to 40 miles (56 to 64 km). CF:geodimeter

telpher

An electric hoist that hangs from a power-driven wheeled cab rolling on an
overhead rail; it is often referred to as a monorail.
See also:aerial ropeway

telpherage

Automatic aerial transportation, as by the aid of electricity, esp. that
system in which the carriages having independent motors are run on a stout
wire conducting an electric current. Standard, 2

Telsmith breaker

A type of gyratory crusher often used for primary crushing. It has a fixed
spindle; i.e., the spindle is not suspended from above, but is mounted in
a long eccentric sleeve. Rotation of the sleeve imparts a gyratory motion
to the crushing head, but gives a parallel stroke; i.e., the axis of the
spindle describes a cylinder rather than a cone as in the suspended
spindle gyratory. Adjustment for set in the Telsmith breaker is
accomplished by placing shims between the bottom of the breaking head and
an adjusting plate--the addition of shims at this point raises the
crushing head and increases the throat opening.
Newton, 1; Newton, 2

Telsmith gyrasphere

A type of secondary crusher that utilizes the gyratory principle; it has a
hemispherical crushing head. Newton, 1