单词 | chain-pump |
释义 | chain-pumpn. A machine for raising water by means of an endless chain; most commonly the chain passes in its upward course through a tube, and raises the water by means of disks or valves which fit the tube; sometimes the chain has simply a number of buckets or cups, by which the water is lifted to the top and there emptied out. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > for raising water well bucket1477 flail?a1500 kettle-mill1570 scoop1580 water engine1611 chain-pumpa1618 cochlea1648 water-screw1648 engine1652 bucket-fountain1663 chain1682 noria1696 tub-engine1702 tub-gin1702 well-pole1727 screw engine1729 rag1747 rag pump1747 swape1773 picotah1780 water balance1800 ram1801 well sweep1818 shadoof1836 hydraulic belt1856 water carrier1875 bailer1883 trip-bucket1926 a1618 W. Raleigh Disc. Invention Shipping 16 in Judicious & Select Ess. (1650) The Chaine pumpe, which takes up twice as much water as the ordinary did. 1781 Lieut. Archer Let. 30 June in Naval Chron. (1804) 11 288 The chain pump was choaked. 1830 F. Marryat King's Own I. xix. 298 He requires the chain-pumps to be manned. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < |
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