Pipes

Examples

• Rivers and pipes have their metres, so that now the velocity and volume of rivers and streams are measured and controlled, and floods prevented. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Heating by the circulation of hot water through pipes was also originated or revived during the 18th century, and a short time before Watt's circulation of steam. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The rest get among the spittoons and pipes or lean against the piano. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• In 1792 Murdoch erected a gas distilling apparatus, and lighted his house and offices by gas distributed through service pipes. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Gutters and pipes had burst, drains had overflowed, and streets were under water. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• 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.
• In the preceding Section, we learned that many houses heated by hot water are supplied with fresh-air pipes which admit fresh air into separate rooms or into suites of rooms. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• For different pitches, pipes of different lengths are used: for very low pitches long, closed pipes are used; for very high pitches short, open pipes are used. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• And yet most of us accept as a matter of course the stream which gushes from our faucet, or give no thought to the ingenuity which devised a means of forcing water upward through pipes. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• His tools were old bottles, glasses, tobacco-pipes, teacups, and such odds and ends as he could find. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Presently he stopped and picked out a square piece of board, such as is usually left to enable plumbers to get at the joints of the gas-pipes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Steam admitted into the globe from the cauldron escaped through the side pipes, and its pressure on these pipes caused the globe to rotate. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• So the boy pipes, as he selects it from his change, and throws it on the counter. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Pipes in faggots. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The gas pipes or water pipes are sometimes employed for the attachment of the wires instead of an earth-plate, but the latter is generally preferred. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• From the varnishing department the shoes are taken to the vulcanizers, which are large ovens heated by innumerable steam pipes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In his time it was more economical to convey the hard water by aqueducts than by such pipes as could then be constructed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• But you've got mixed, Watson, for I have only been here a few hours, three pipes, four pipes--I forget how many. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Said Sir William: It is going to be a most valuable, practical affair--as valuable as water-cisterns to people whether they had or had not systems of water-pipes and water-supply. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• They were on pipes that came out of the cast. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Less than two pipes. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• By connecting X to the gas-pipe we drew sparks from the gas-pipes in any part of the room by drawing an iron wire over the brass jet of the cock. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It was at first supposed that the friction against the pipes would oppose so much resistance to the passage of the gas, that it could not be transmitted to great distances. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• A current of cold water is kept flowing around the pipes in E, coming in through a pipe at one end and passing out through a pipe at the other end. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• In the latter case, pipes closely wrapped with a non-conducting material carry steam long distances underground to heat remote buildings. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• In the so-called wind instruments, sound is produced by vibrating columns of air inclosed in tubes or pipes of different lengths. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Houses on a level with the main supply pipes (Figs. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• At night, however, and out of working hours, few faucets are open, less water is drawn off at any one time, and the intricate pipes are constantly full of water under high pressure. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The top of this verandah was flat, the rain-water being carried off from it by pipes into tanks which helped to supply the house. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• 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.

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