See percussor on Wiktionary
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"text": "The striking-platform features and the kind of percussor used are critical variables in determining the bulbar characteristics on flakes; the variable that is most critical depends on the hardness of the percussor, the angle of the striking platform, the amount of force applied, and the relative mass of both core and percussor.",
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"text": "The shaft on which the percussor is fastened is so adjusted that the spring, while expending its force, throws the hammer a little beyond the line of centre, so that the blow is struck lightly and quickly, and the hammer rebounds very much as it strikes and rebounds from the string of a piano when a note is struck on the keyboard.",
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"ref": "1996, David N. Herndon, Total Burn Care E-Book: Expert Consult, →ISBN, page 240:",
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"ref": "1961, Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, Volume 219:",
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"ref": "1986, Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute, Annual Report - Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute, page 170:",
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