Pumped
[pʌmpt]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Pump
Inputed by Julio
Examples
- The pure nitrogen then can be pumped into the fixation ovens. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He shall be prettily pumped upon. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- When the temperature is about as hot as that of molten iron the pure nitrogen gas from the liquid air plant is pumped in and allowed to act on the calcium carbide for about a day and a half. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Compression pumps have eliminated this difficulty, and to-day fresh air is constantly pumped into the mines to supply the laborers there. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The pipe is lowered into contact with the bottom to be excavated and the material is pumped into hopper barges or into a hopper-well in the dredge itself. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Additional material was then deposited into the river to fill the cavity, and finally the tunnel was recovered, pumped out and work resumed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Water is pumped into the cylinder until the plunger is raised to its full height within the cylinder, when the supply of water is cut off by the automatic operation of a valve. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- When the waters of rivers adjacent to towns and cities thus began to be pumped for drinking purposes, _strainers_ and _filters_ of various kinds were invented of necessity. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The descending plunger maintains a constant pressure upon the water, and the water is only pumped into the cylinder when it is required to be filled. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This monster tube was lowered perpendicularly in the middle of the river, and the water being pumped out of it, the men could work at the bottom in safety. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The water is then pumped out and the dock with the ship inside rises to the proper level as shown. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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