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pulsometer
[ puhl-som-i-ter ]
noun
- a pulsimeter.
- a pump without pistons, utilizing the pressure of steam and the partial vacuum caused by the condensation of steam alternately in two chambers.
pulsometer
/ pʌlˈsɒmɪtə /
noun
- See pulsimeteranother name for pulsimeter
- a vacuum pump that operates by steam being condensed and water admitted alternately in two chambers
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Origin of pulsometer1
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Example Sentences
The Savery principle still survives in the action of the well-known pulsometer steam pump.
From Project Gutenberg
With the pulsometer pumps working night and day they couldn't keep the water out of the test pier he had sunk.
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Your pump would beat the best pulsometer ever put into a mine.
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