Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A pipe, usually of lead or iron, for the supply of water, gas, or the like from the main to a building.

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Examples

  • Then, calling the initial pressure (_i. e._, at the inlet head of service-pipe) p_1, it follows that p_1 - p_0 = _f_.

    Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

  • Gas passes through a purifier charged with puratylene to the service-pipe.

    Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

  • That is to say, the "pressure" of gas in a service-pipe expresses really by how much the pressure in the pipe _exceeds_ the atmospheric pressure.

    Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

  • After that through a tower packed with lime, and finally through a pressure regulator, the outlet of which is connected to the service-pipe.

    Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

  • From the gasholder the gas passes through a purifier, which is ordinarily charged with "Klenzal," and a baffle-box for abstraction of dust, to the service-pipe.

    Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

  • The supply of acetylene to various consumers from a central generating station entails the fixing of a meter on each consumer's service-pipe, so that the quantity consumed by each may be charged for accordingly, just as in the case of public coal-gas supplies.

    Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

  • On arriving at the spot, he must take every means in his power to supply his engine with water, but especially by a service-pipe from a fire-cock, if that be found practicable.

    Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction James Braidwood

  • The _school sink_ is an iron trough from five to twelve or more feet long, and one to two feet wide and one foot deep, set in a trench several feet below the surface with an inclination toward the exit; on one end of the trough there is a socket fitted with a plug, and on the other a flushing apparatus consisting simply of a water service-pipe.

    The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) Kenelm Winslow

  • _ -- Two standcocks, with hose, &c., as in the first experiment, were then put into a service-pipe, 4 inches diameter and

    Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction James Braidwood

  • The gas passes from the holder to the lower part of a purifier with water-scaled cover, through the purifying material in which it rises to the outlet leading to the service-pipe.

    Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

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