Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
pump and vacuum-pump.
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Examples
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While standing at the top of the shaft, I was astonished at the size and perfect finish of a steam-pump that had been imported from England by the late English mining company.
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A superior example in shading is shown in Figures 305 and 306, which represent a plan and a sectional view of the steam-cylinder of a Blake's patent direct-acting steam-pump.
Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught Joshua Rose
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But at the time of his death, another mechanical enthusiast, Thomas Newcomen, was working on the problem of a new steam-pump.
The Story of Mankind 1921
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A quantity of ashes was carried down into the bilge-water pump and obstructed the steam-pump.
The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920
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A steam-pump was erected, and the well yielded a continual supply.
The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Winston S. Churchill 1919
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A Y-switch, two sidings, the fat water-tank and steam-pump, and a section-house with three trees before it composed the north side.
Lin McLean Owen Wister 1899
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All of which was lost on Charles Svendt, whose chest was going like a steam-pump and whose legs were quivering with the unusual strain.
Pearl of Pearl Island John Oxenham 1896
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Three flat cars, loaded with bright-painted farming machines, were on the siding above the station, while, on the switch below, a huge freight engine that lacked its cow-catcher sat back upon its monstrous driving-wheels, motionless, solid, drawing long breaths that were punctuated by the subdued sound of its steam-pump clicking at exact intervals.
The Octopus : A story of California Frank Norris 1886
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He also told him that this company connected the main line of pipes with each tank owned by the oil producers, supplying a small steam-pump at each connection, and, at stated times, drew off from private tanks the oil.
Ralph Gurney's Oil Speculation James Otis 1880
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"Deal more water than I like to see, my lads," said the boatswain, "but we shall know better where we stand after that steam-pump has been going for a couple of hours."
Fitz the Filibuster George Manville Fenn 1870
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