sling psychrometer

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a psychrometer so designed that the wet-bulb thermometer can be ventilated, to expedite evaporation, by whirling in the air.

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Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?

Its award-winning Sling technology allows consumers to take their live and recorded TV with them wherever they want.
New Innovations Let You Watch TV Anywhere You Go||December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My fantasy unravels when she opens the robe, revealing a sling around her broken arm.
The Singular Artist of New Yorkistan|Lizzie Crocker|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The rifle was found nearby, one end of the sling having become detached from the butt.
We Already Know What Adam Lanza’s Real Motive Was at Sandy Hook|Michael Daly|November 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
As Whittaker Chambers remarked in Witness: [W]hen I took up my little sling and aimed at Communism, I also hit something else.
David's Book Club: Fellow Travelers|David Frum|July 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST

In Sling Blade, Billy Bob Thornton's character fixes lawnmowers but he sounds as if he swallowed one.
Mumbling Wins Oscars!|Zachary Pincus-Roth|March 3, 2010|DAILY BEAST
At the lesson following he accordingly presented himself with his arm in a sling.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
The hurt to her foot was a small matter; but the doctor said she would have to wear her arm in a sling for a time.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison
He was close to the chateau now, and she noticed that his right arm was bandaged and hanging in a sling.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
"Well, I for one don't like her a bit," declared Tilly, perking up the bow ends of the black sling that hung about her neck.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch|Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
God sends us at this crisis the shepherd David and his sling to do battle with Goliath of Guise.
Catherine de' Medici|Honore de Balzac