chain pump

American  

noun

1. 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.

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Etymology

Origin of chain pump

First recorded in 1610–20

Example Sentences

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chain pump

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

From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott

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

From Inventions in the Century by William Henry Doolittle

Mr. Galvin, the master's mate, after incredible difficulty, got into the main top—he was below when the ship sank, directing the men at the chain pump.

From History of Halifax City by Thomas B. Akins

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

From Mine Pumping in Agricola's Time and Later by Robert P. Multhauf

Right here in the middle of this inside place is a chain pump.

From The Wrong Woman by Charles D. Stewart