Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In chem., a tube, usually provided with bulbs and bent to form a trap, through which such reagents as produce noxious fumes may be added to the contents of a flask or retort, or by which dangerous pressure within a vessel may be avoided.
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Examples
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The first tube of the first vessel receives the extremity of a safety-tube, A, whose other extremity enters the upper part of the reservoir, R.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884 Various
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The safety-tube, T, which is attached to the electrolyzer, permits of the escape of the hydrogen which is produced during the chemical reaction, and fixes, through an alkaline solution contained in the reservoir, B, the chloride whose escape might discommode the operator.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 Various
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The receptacle, A, is provided with a safety-tube, T, that issues from its upper part and communicates with
Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 Various
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