AIR-PUMP
\ˈe͡əpˈʌmp], \ˈeəpˈʌmp], \ˈeə_p_ˈʌ_m_p]\
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A pump for removing from the condenser of a steam-engine the condensed steam, the water that has produced the condensation, and any air that may have got into the condenser.
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An engine for exhausting air from a closed space, or receiver, so as to obtain a more or less perfect vacuum.
By Henry Percy Smith
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