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coal miner Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. 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 extraction of iron from ...

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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 * Benja ...

Pitman, New Jersey Pitman is a borough in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the borough's population was 8,780, a drop of 231 from the 2010 census count of 9,011,Pitman, Pennsylvania Pitman is an unincorporated community in Eldred Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The village center lies on state route 4022 and includes approximately twenty-five residences. A US Post Office is in the village and beca ...

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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. See also * List of communities in Saskatchewan Communities in the Province of Saskat ...

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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 lett ...

, 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 con ...

, a vehicle steering component * A connecting rod 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 a teacher of the :English language who developed the most widely used system of shorthand, known now as Pitman shorthand. He first proposed this in ''Stenographic Soundhand'' in 183 ...

, an imprint of Pearson Education, successor to Isaac Pitman and Sons * Pitman Training Group, a UK training provider originally founded by Isaac Pitman.