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syphon

Also spelled siphon: on western streams a device for sucking water from hulls and dumping it back in the river. The common variety of syphon is operated by steam: a jet of steam under high pressure is introduced at the top of a suction tube whose base is placed in the water to be removed. The steam creates a vacuum, lifting the water, and forcing it out a discharge pipe.




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