Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A device in which the flow or feed of a liquid is controlled by the rise and fall of a float: specifically, a device for carburetting an air-current in motor-cars, or in internal-combustion engines, in which the rising of the level of the liquid gasoline raises a valve to close the flow from the inlet, and a lowering of the level opens the flow again. Much used in modern motor-cars.
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Examples
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It has a float-feed carburetor, mechanical oiler, and the ignition system is the jump-spark -- the best for this style of motor.
Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat, or, the Rivals of Lake Carlopa Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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Most of these vaporizers use the heat and the exhaust gases to vaporize the fuel, but they differ greatly in construction; some are of the retort type, and others are of the float-feed carburetter type.
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