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Definition of Escape cock
1. Noun. A valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Escape Cock
Literary usage of Escape cock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Civil Engineering by William John Macquorn Rankine, William J. Millar (1907)
"To pass in, the operation is as follows:—Shut the supply- cock of the box, if
not shut already; open the escape-cock—should there be compressed air in the ..."
2. A Treatise on Explosive Compounds, Machine Rock Drills and Blasting by Henry Sturgis Drinker (1883)
"We open the escape-cock B, and the water below the valve A, ... The reservoir is
now again shut off by closing the cock C, the escape-cock is opened, ..."
3. The Experimental Study of Gases: An Account of the Experimental Methods by Morris William Travers (1901)
"The pressure on the gas was regulated to about 2'5 atmospheres by opening or
closing the escape-cock P on the Hampson machine. ..."
4. The Experimental Study of Gases: An Account of the Experimental Methods by Morris William Travers (1901)
"The pressure on the gas was regulated to about 2'fi atmospheres by opening or
closing the escape-cock P on the Hampson machine. When about 100 cc of liquid ..."
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