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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 1 1 Browse Search
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escending tube, which is turned upward within the receptacle, so as to form an inverted siphon, and thus deliver its water into the receptacle without permitting the gas to ascend. Carr's urinal. Carson's sink. Carson, September 25, 1860. A perforated plate opposes the passage of matter likely to choke the pipe, which enters a chamber beneath the sink. The water passes to the chamber beneath a plate whose edge is submerged in liquid and forms a trap. Marquis's slop-hopper. Marquis, September 4, 1866. A double trap is formed by compelling the water to pass by a sinuous course through a circular pan and then through an annular pan, on its way to the discharge-pipe. Air′--trunk. A pipe or conduit for conducting foul or heated air from a room, theatre, or ward. Air′--tube. A small, wrought-iron tube hung in a coal-box from the deck, and filled with water, for the purpose of ascertaining the temperature of the coals by a thermometer, as a precaution against