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Definition of Siphoning
1. siphon [v] - See also: siphon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Siphoning
Literary usage of Siphoning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Water Supply, Sewerage and Plumbing of Modern City Buildings by William Paul Gerhard (1909)
"Non-siphoning Traps.— Other improvements in plumbing details relate to the manufacture
... At this period several of the well-known non-siphoning traps and ..."
2. The Water Supply, Sewerage and Plumbing of Modern City Buildings by William Paul Gerhard (1909)
"Non-siphoning Traps.— Other improvements in plumbing details relate to the manufacture
... At this period several of the well-known non-siphoning traps and ..."
3. The Journal of Analytical and Applied Chemistry edited by Edward Hart (1891)
"Second, a siphoning apparatus must be preferable to a percolating, because we
are certain that every particle of the substance is soaked by fresh solvent ..."
4. Hints on the Drainage and Sewerage of Dwellings by William Paul Gerhard (1892)
"Two more non-siphoning traps close the list, which makes no pretension at all to
be complete. Fig. 158 is a common S-trap, furnished at its FIG. 158. ..."
5. The Theory and Practice of Surveying: Designed for the Use of Surveyors and by John Butler Johnson (1886)
"... the mid-depth samples in another. The Mississippi and the Missouri River water
requires about ten days' settling to become clear. 264. Siphoning off ..."
6. The Theory and Practice of Surveying: Designed for the Use of Surveyors and by John Butler Johnson (1880)
"Siphoning off, Filtering, and Weighing the Sediment.—When the water has become
quite clear it is carefully siphoned off, and the residue is filtered through ..."
7. The Baltimore Book: A Resume of the Commercial, Industrial and Financial by Baltimore (Md.), Wilber Franklin Coyle (1912)
"This necessitates the siphoning of one beneath the other, and in one instance
this has necessitated the construction of one of the largest siphons in the ..."
8. General Science: A Book of Projects by Edgar Alden Bedford (1921)
"Siphoning LIQUID FROM x BARREL. The tube fits loosely in the opening at the top
of the barrel. Why is this necessary ? Why cannot this barrel be completely ..."
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