Pitman may refer to: * A

coal miner Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extrac ...

, particularly in Northern England *

Pitman (surname) Pitman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Almira Hollander Pitman (1854-1939), American suffragist * Andrew Pitman, Australian climate scientist * Benjamin Pitman, promoter of Pitman's shorthand in the United States * Benjamin ...

Pitman, New Jersey Pitman is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey, Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 8,780, a decrease of 231 (−2.6%) from the 2010 Un ...

, United States *

Pitman, Pennsylvania Pitman is a small, unincorporated community that is located in Eldred Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The village center lies on state route 4022 and includes approximately twenty-five residences. History The earlie ...

, United States *

Pitman, Saskatchewan Pitman is an unincorporated hamlet in Redburn Rural Municipality No. 130, Saskatchewan, Canada. Located 34 km southeast of Moose Jaw on Highway 39. Pitman used to be a small hamlet located on the CPR Soo Line that runs southeast from M ...

, Canada *

Pitman Shorthand Pitman shorthand is a system of shorthand for the English language developed by Englishman Sir Isaac Pitman (1813–1897), who first presented it in 1837. Like most systems of shorthand, it is a phonetic system; the symbols do not represent let ...

, a system of shorthand *

Pitman arm A Pitman arm is a shaft that translates rotary or angular movement into linear movement, or vice versa. Pitman arms are commonly found in water pumping windmills, automotive steering systems, and sewing machines. In windmills, the Pitman arm c ...

, a vehicle steering component * A

connecting rod A connecting rod, also called a 'con rod', is the part of a reciprocating engine, piston engine which connects the piston to the crankshaft. Together with the crank (mechanism), crank, the connecting rod converts the reciprocating motion of the p ...

in an engine * ''Pitman'' (video game), a video game for the Game Boy *

Pitman (publisher) Sir Isaac Pitman (4 January 1813 – 22 January 1897) was an English publisher and teacher of the :English language who developed the most widely used system of shorthand, known now as Pitman shorthand. He first proposed this in ''Stenogra ...

, an imprint of

Pearson Education Pearson Education, known since 2011 as simply Pearson, is the educational publishing and services subsidiary of the international corporation Pearson plc. The subsidiary was formed in 1998, when Pearson plc acquired Simon & Schuster's educatio ...

, successor to Isaac Pitman and Sons *

Pitman Training Group Pitman Training Group, Limited, is a private limited company based in Wetherby, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom. The company provides training and educational services, offering both online and paper-based tests for various educational qualificati ...

, a UK training provider originally founded by Isaac Pitman *

MC Pitman MC Pitman is a rapper and hip-hop producer from Coalville, Leicestershire, UK. MC Pitman is the alter-ego of Styly Cee, a former Pirate Radio DJ based in Nottingham. Prior to creating Pitman, he was member of Lost Island, with another rapper calle ...

, British comedy rapper

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