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What does tamping mean?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 12/13/2022

Tamp means...

  1. To pack down tightly by a succession of blows or taps.
  2. To pack clay, sand, or dirt into (a drill hole) above an explosive.

Phineas Gage used a tamping iron. He drilled holes in rocks and metals. Obviously that's where the "tamping" iron got its name!

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