mixing valve
a valve receiving water from both a hot-water and a cold-water line and controlling the relative amount of water admitted from each.
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Seaton slowly turned the mixing valve, a little with each advance of his lever, until pure oxygen flowed through the pipes.
The Skylark of Space | Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins GarbyOthers have a Y shaped mixing valve at some distance from the burning tip, as shown in Figure 78.
The Automobile Storage Battery | O. A. WitteA good way to get this discharge is to hold the starting switch in and set mixing valve lever at lean point or wide open.
The Automobile Storage Battery | O. A. WitteTom ignored him, and making a guess adjustment of the mixing valve, opened the gas and threw the wheel over.
Tom Slade on a Transport | Percy Keese Fitzhugh"Then here goes for a fast ride," declared Jack, reaching for the handle controlling the mixing valve of the carburetor.
Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal | G. Harvey Ralphson
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