| 释义 |
pyroleter|paɪˈrɒlɪtə(r)|
[f. Gr. πῦρ fire + ὀλετήρ destroyer.]
An apparatus for extinguishing fire, consisting of a double pump by which solutions of hydrochloric acid and sodium bicarbonate are mixed in a cylinder, and the carbonic acid generated by the reaction is projected upon the fire.
1878Ure's Dict. IV. 712 The pyroleter is a small double pump worked by hand, which sucks up from tubes on either side muriatic acid and a solution of carbonate of soda. |