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Definition of Plungers
1. plunger [n] - See also: plunger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plungers
Literary usage of Plungers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pumping Engines for Water Works by Charles Arthur Hague (1907)
"Horizontal engines with two double acting plungers. Vertical engines with two
single acting plungers. Verti/al engines with two differential plungers. ..."
2. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1917)
"Water Pistons and plungers. — In cold-water pumps the water pistons are usually
... The piston is more compact, but the plungers do not require a bored ..."
3. A Text-book of Coal-mining: For the Use of Colliery Managers and Others by Herbert William Hughes (1901)
"503. drives the water in front of it through the discharge pipe, C, into the
rising main, D. The sectional areas of the main and differential plungers are ..."
4. Hydraulic Power and Hydraulic Machinery by Henry Robinson (1893)
"48. plungers D and E, working vertically, may be drawn up by means of chains,
... The plungers Д E, and F being withdrawn, the plate, which has been heated ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Using the values just found for w and B, plungers arc hollow trunks, ... G, G,
G are the three plungers which pass out of the cylinders through cup leathers ..."
6. Lubricating Engineer's Handbook: A Reference Book of Data, Tables and by John Rome Battle (1916)
"The plungers.—The plungers of elevators, plunger pumps, etc., require that close
attention be paid to their lubrication. If allowed to become dry, ..."
7. Pumping Engines for Water Works by Charles Arthur Hague (1907)
"Horizontal engines with two double acting plungers. Vertical engines with two
single acting plungers. Verti/al engines with two differential plungers. ..."
8. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1917)
"Water Pistons and plungers. — In cold-water pumps the water pistons are usually
... The piston is more compact, but the plungers do not require a bored ..."
9. A Text-book of Coal-mining: For the Use of Colliery Managers and Others by Herbert William Hughes (1901)
"503. drives the water in front of it through the discharge pipe, C, into the
rising main, D. The sectional areas of the main and differential plungers are ..."
10. Hydraulic Power and Hydraulic Machinery by Henry Robinson (1893)
"48. plungers D and E, working vertically, may be drawn up by means of chains,
... The plungers Д E, and F being withdrawn, the plate, which has been heated ..."
11. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Using the values just found for w and B, plungers arc hollow trunks, ... G, G,
G are the three plungers which pass out of the cylinders through cup leathers ..."
12. Lubricating Engineer's Handbook: A Reference Book of Data, Tables and by John Rome Battle (1916)
"The plungers.—The plungers of elevators, plunger pumps, etc., require that close
attention be paid to their lubrication. If allowed to become dry, ..."
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