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  • 71Plunger bucket — Plunger Plun ger, n. 1. One who, or that which, plunges; a diver. [1913 Webster] 2. A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps. [1913 Webster] 3. One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless… …

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  • 72Plunger pole — Plunger Plun ger, n. 1. One who, or that which, plunges; a diver. [1913 Webster] 2. A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps. [1913 Webster] 3. One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless… …

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  • 73Plunger pump — Plunger Plun ger, n. 1. One who, or that which, plunges; a diver. [1913 Webster] 2. A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps. [1913 Webster] 3. One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless… …

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  • 74Pump — For information on Wikipedia project related discussions, see . A pump is a device used to move gases, liquids or slurries. A pump moves liquids or gases from lower pressure to higher pressure, and overcomes this difference in pressure by adding… …

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  • 75Markfield Beam Engine — Coordinates: 51°34′55″N 0°3′42″W / 51.58194°N 0.06167°W / 51.58194; 0.06167 …

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  • 76Cold Hesledon — Dalton Pumping Station Cold Hesledon is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated a short distance to the east of Murton. Contents 1 …

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  • 77Dugald Clerk — Sir Dugald Clerk KBE, FRS[1] (1854, Glasgow – 1932, Ewhurst, Surrey) was a Scottish engineer who designed the world s first successful two stroke engine[2][3] in 1878[4] and patented it in England in 1881. He was a graduate of Anderson s… …

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  • 78Acid salt — Acid salts are a class of salts formed when a dibasic or tribasic acid has been neutralized to some degree. Because the acid is only partially neutralized, one or more replaceable protons remain. Typically this will lead to a formula with one or… …

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  • 79Six stroke engine — The term six stroke engine describes two different approaches in the internal combustion engine, developed since the 1990s, to improve its efficiency and reduce emissions:In the first approach, the engine captures the waste heat from the four… …

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  • 80atmospheric engine — an early form of single acting engine in which the power stroke is provided by atmospheric pressure acting upon a piston in an exhausted cylinder. [1815 25] * * * …

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