pneumatic trough
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
pneumatic trough (plural pneumatic troughs)
- (chemistry) A piece of laboratory apparatus, consisting of a vessel filled with liquid (generally water or mercury), used for collecting gases. [from 19th c.]
- 2004, Robert E Schofield, The Enlightened Joseph Priestley, Pennsylvania State University, published 2004, page 94:
- The pneumatic trough used at Calne was larger than that he had used in Leeds, and fresh water was not so conveniently at hand.
Translations[edit]
chemistry:a piece of laboratory apparatus used for collecting gases
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