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  • He always made sure to turn off all the lights in the house before easing out the sliding glass door to the water-sealed deck, lest even the thinnest nightlight rays give away his position.

    Smoked Secretly 2009

  • However, with the combination of the water-sealed valve and the S-trap, humans were finally on their way to getting the stench out of the closet and thus the house—as long as you were using a cesspit with its own vent.

    Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006

  • However, with the combination of the water-sealed valve and the S-trap, humans were finally on their way to getting the stench out of the closet and thus the house—as long as you were using a cesspit with its own vent.

    Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006

  • The generating chamber must always be in communication with the atmosphere through a water-sealed vent-pipe, the seal of which, if necessary, the gas can blow at any time.

    Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

  • The gas passes from the storage holder through one of the pair of purifiers _K_, with water-sealed lids, which are charged with a chemical preparation for the removal of phosphoretted hydrogen.

    Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

  • The generator consists of a rectangular tank in which is a generating chamber having a water-sealed lid with pressure test-cock _I_.

    Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

  • Mounted at the side of the tank is the carbide delivery device, which consists of the carbide containers _J_ supported on an axis beneath the water-sealed cover

    Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

  • Manifestly the pressure of the gas in a water-sealed holder or in any generator fitted with a water-sealed lid cannot rise above that corresponding with the depth of water in the seal; for immediately the pressure, measured in inches of water, equals the depth of the sealing liquid, the seal will be blown out, and the gas will escape.

    Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

  • Either heratol or chloride of lime is used in the purifier, the lid of which, like the cover of the generator, is water-sealed.

    Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

  • The pressure limit of 3 pounds is taken since that is the pressure corresponding to a water column about 6 feet high, which is about, the limit in point of convenience for water-sealed reliefs.

    Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

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