Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The pipe which conveys any fluid to the place where it is to be used, as distinguished from the discharge-, exhaust-, or drain-pipe which conducts fluid away; specifically, the pipe which takes steam to an engine, water to a house, gas to a burner, etc.
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Examples
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There is a water seal on the water supply-pipe from the tank to the generators, which would be forced should the pressure within the generators for any reason become excessive.
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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The gas evolved passes through a seal _C_ to the gasholder _D_, whence it issues as required for use through the purifier _E_ to the supply-pipe.
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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I have here a sample of a works 'pendant or pillar light, which, not including the gas supply-pipe, can be made for about a shilling.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 Various
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From the gasholder it goes through a purifier containing "chemically treated coke and cotton" to the supply-pipe.
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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But the gas that your little metre registers is only that which you take from the main supply-pipe, to light your parlors and bed-rooms.
Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls Anonymous
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The gas supply-pipe must not be less than half the area of the burner-tube.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 Various
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The other proportions of the burner -- that is to say, the relative capacity of the two compartments and the length of the hollow needle -- are determined by the sectional area of the supply-pipe for the gas, which is admitted under moderate pressure.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 Various
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The outer air enters at the top of the central chimney, C and passes into the annular space between the two glasses; then descends by the two spiral passages, which surround the cylindrical glass and terminate in a portion hermetically sealed by a brass plate attached to the supply-pipe.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 Various
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T, fills one of the compartments, S¹ S², of the heater, and then returns by the second compartment, and again descends by the casing of the supply-pipe, having its temperature still further raised by contact with the internal radiation of the flame.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 Various
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It flows out of the supply-pipe near the top of the generating chamber through a slot in the side of the pipe facing the corner of the chamber, so that it runs down the latter without splashing the carbide in the upper pans.
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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