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Definition of Pinchcocks
1. pinchcock [n] - See also: pinchcock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinchcocks
Literary usage of Pinchcocks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Comparison of Methods for Determining the Respiratory Exchange of Man by Thorne Martin Carpenter (1915)
"The pinchcocks, e and e, are now opened and the gas is drawn into burettes 3 and
3 by the routine carried out after the carbon dioxide had been absorbed. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1894)
"E. pinchcocks. F. Cork perforator, perforated near the top. ... When the Small
hole had passed through the cork, both pinchcocks were opened and the ..."
3. Manual of Experimental Physics for Secondary Schools by Fred Richardson Nichols, Charles Henry Smith, Charles Mark Turtin (1901)
"Slip the pinchcocks over the glass tubes and with the short rubber tubes connect
the apparatus as shown in Fig. 13, supporting it with the stands. ..."
4. A Text-book of Experimental Chemistry: (with Descriptive Notes) for Students by Edwin Lee (1908)
"connect pipette with burette; gradually lower bulb, at the same time open the
pinchcocks; continue to lower bulb until all the gas is drawn from pipette ..."
5. A Text-book of Experimental Chemistry: (with Descriptive Notes) for Students by Edwin Lee (1908)
"... when the pipette and burette are properly connected slightly raise the leveling
bulb, then open both pinchcocks and by gradually raising the bulb the ..."
6. Manual of Experimental Physics for Secondary School by Fred Richardson Nichols, Charles Henry Smith, Charles Mark Turton (1899)
"Slip the pinchcocks over the glass tubes and with the short rubber tubes connect
the .apparatus as shown- in Fig. 13, supporting it with the stands. ..."
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