chain pump

noun

a pump consisting of buckets, plates, or the like, rising upon a chain within a cylinder for raising liquids entering the cylinder at the bottom.

First recorded in 1610–20

He also invented a wheel to work the chain-pump, which was much safer and less liable to get out of order than that before in use.

The chain pump and other pumps of simple form have only been improved since Hero's day in matters of detail.

The little brook between the lakes runs along like a chain pump and contains about as many trout.

The most powerful machine then in use for deep mines appears to have been the horse-powered rag and chain pump.

I have sometimes thought the modern endless or chain pump as perfect a fixture as any other.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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