Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In bacteriology, a ventilating tube of some culture-tubes; a slender straight or curved tube attached to the upper part of the main tube, and containing the plug of raw cotton.
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The steam, as it escapes under high pressure, becomes filled with globules of water which rub against the sides of the vent-tube, and this is so shaped as to facilitate their formation.
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