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noun

Air pump n.

(Physics) A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed space; also, a pump to condense air or force it into a closed space.

(Steam Engines) A pump used to exhaust from a condenser the condensed steam, the water used for condensing, and any commingled air.

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Etymology of 'Air pump'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Air pump" Quotes from Famous Books

... tray is a perforated cross-pipe that is connected with a compressed-air line. This is used when case-hardening for colors. The shop that has no air compressor may rig up a satisfactory equivalent in the shape of a low-pressure hand-operated air pump and a receiver tank, for it is not necessary to use high-pressure air for this purpose. When colors are desired on case-hardened work, the treatment in quenching is exactly the same as that previously described except that air is pumped through this ...

— The Working of Steel - Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel • Fred H. Colvin

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