chain pump

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chain pump¹

First recorded in 1610–20

Example Sentences

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.

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

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

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

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

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