Definition of Lift pump

1. Noun. Pump used to lift rather than force a liquid up.

Generic synonyms: Pump

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lift Pump

lifework
lifeworks
lifeworld
lifeworlds
lifeworthy
lifie
lifies
liflode
liflodes
lift
lift-to-drag ratio
lift a finger
lift bridge
lift off
lift out
lift pump (current term)
lift scheme
lift schemes
lift up
liftable
liftback
liftbacks
lifted
lifted a finger
lifter
lifters
liftest
lifteth
liftgate
liftgates

Literary usage of Lift pump

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Industrial Arts Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"... diag Power 38:8-10 Jl 1 '13 Air lift Investigation of the air lift pump. Met & Chem Eng 11:129 Mr 48 Sec also Compressed air Air maps. ..."

2. The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Reference Book of Rules, Tables by William Kent (1902)
"The air-lift pump consists of a vertical water-pipe with its lower end submerged in a ... A paper describing tests of the air-lift pump made by Randall. ..."

3. Hydraulics and Its Applications by Arnold Hartley Gibson (1919)
"THE Aiu lift pump. Among other devices for pumping liquids against a large head, that known as the air lift pump is worthy of notice. ..."

4. The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Reference-book of Rules, Tables by William Kent (1898)
"The air-lift pump consists of a vertical wt with its lower end submerged in a well, and a smaller pipe delive Into it at the bottom. ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Buckel and Plunger Pumps consist of a lift pump bucket combined with a plunger of half its area. ..."

6. Hydraulics and Its Applications by Arnold Hartley Gibson (1908)
"Among other devices for pumping liquids against a large head that known as the air lift pump is worthy of notice. Invented probably by Carl ..."

7. Compressed Air: Theory and Computations by Elmo Golightly Harris (1917)
"The air-lift pump was introduced in a practical way about 1891, ... Altogether the discovery of the air-lift pump served to show that at that late date all ..."

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