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Injector   /ɪndʒˈɛktər/   Listen
Injector

noun
1.
A contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.).





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"Injector" Quotes from Famous Books



... furnace work the gas can be used direct from the generator; but where uniformity of pressure is essential, as for gas engines, gas burners, etc., the gas should pass into a holder. The latter somewhat retards the production, but the steam injector causes gas to be made so rapidly that a holder is easily filled against a back pressure of 1 in. to 1 in. of water, and at this pressure the generator can pass gas continuously into the holder, while at the same time it is being drawn off ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 303 - October 22, 1881 • Various


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