Mains

Examples

• The gas, when purified, is conveyed to the gas-holder, whence it is forced by pressure into the mains and pipes. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Au banquet de la vie à peine commencé, Un instant seulement mes lèvres ont pressé La coupe en mes mains encore pleine. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It was found, however, that the perpendicular pressure of a few inches of water was quite sufficient to force the gas through the mains and small pipes of an extensive range of streets. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Boilers, engines, dynamos, motors, distribution mains, meters, house-wiring, safety-devices, lamps, and lamp-fixtures--all were vital parts of the whole system. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In the meantime workmen had been busy digging ditches and laying mains through the district that Edison intended to light. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In practice, large mains lead from the reservoir to the city, smaller mains convey the water to the various sections of the city, and service pipes lead to the individual house taps. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The systematic laying out of street mains in the first company district was begun in the summer of 1881. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• September 4, 1882, he turned the current on to the mains for the needed light service, and it stayed on with only one short stoppage for eight years. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• There had been a short-circuit on the copper mains in the station. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The distribution mains were to be of sufficiently large size that between their most extreme points the loss would not be more than 3 volts. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• This arises from the fact that by the doubling of potential the two outside mains are reduced to one-quarter the cross-section otherwise necessary. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• With the gas holder, the distributing mains of the city are made to connect to receive their supply. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Thousands of gallons of water were brought in tanks from neighboring cities, and were emptied into the empty reservoir from whence it trickled slowly through the city mains. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.

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