pneumatic trough

noun

A piece of laboratory apparatus, consisting of a vessel filled with liquid (generally water or mercury), used for collecting gases.

First used 19th c.
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Meanings

nounpneumatic trough (plural pneumatic troughs)

plural pneumatic troughs

  1. chemistryA piece of laboratory apparatus, consisting of a vessel filled with liquid (generally water or mercury), used for collecting gases.First known use 19th c.

    The pneumatic trough used at Calne was larger than that he had used in Leeds, and fresh water was not so conveniently at hand.

    2004, Robert E Schofield, The Enlightened Joseph Priestley, Pennsylvania State University, published 2004, page 94

Translations

Irish gásumar
  • gásumarchemistry:a piece of laboratory apparatus used for collecting gases
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