Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any pipe in which Steam is conveyed.
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Examples
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The fats are melted in a copper, by means of a steam-jacket, or coil of steam-pipe in the copper, and the soda-lye is run in until complete union has taken place.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various
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It is easy to rotate the centrifugal machine by a belt from the mill, but better by a small engine attached, the power for which can be conducted by a small steam-pipe, and the distillation of the bisulphide can also be conducted without danger by the use of steam, as its boiling point is a very low one.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various
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A two-inch steam-pipe there was covered with this material.
The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 Various
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The diameter of the steam-pipe is from ¼ to ½ inch according to the size of the bell, and the distance of the clapper from the bell is a little less than the diameter of the corresponding cock.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 Various
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Vicksburg, she was damaged in the hull and had a steam-pipe cut away, but this was soon repaired.
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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The most correct data available show that the radiation from uncovered two-inch steam-pipe, with 60 pounds steam-pressure, is 391.83 kilo. centigrade heat-units one foot one hour, or 21,739.78 kilos. of coal for 100 feet per year of 300 days of 10 hours each; one kilo. equals 2,205 pounds.
The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 Various
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Indeed, the exact nature of the lagging matters comparatively little, because the active substance in retaining the heat in the acetylene generator or the steam-pipe is the air entangled in the pores of the lagging; and therefore the value of any particular material depends mainly on its exhibiting a high degree of porosity.
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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Isaac dully remembered the huge coils of steam-pipe that curled up the side of the wall.
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A row of lighted gas-jets placed near the point where the sheet goes on to the "flyboard," a heated steam-pipe, and many other things have been used, but a new device by which electricity is generated and carried into the press, and there neutralizes the electricity in the paper, is the best of them all.
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The steam-pipe is made with a bend as usual, to allow for contraction and expansion.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 Various
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