This pressure, it should be noted, is the net or effective pressure, the pressure with which the gas raises the liquid in a water-gauge glass out of the level while the opposite end of the water column is exposed to the atmosphere. ❋ W. J. Atkinson Butterfield (N/A)
We stand near the fireman, looking through his glass, and near a hand-lamp, which shines on a water-gauge glass to tell the driver when the boiler needs replenishing. ❋ Various (N/A)
I have frequently known boilers to be filled with water over-night to be ready for lighting up in the morning, and have found the gauge-glass empty; this puzzled me at first, but on opening the blow-out cock of the water-gauge the air rushed into it with ❋ W. J. Connor (N/A)
At Bas Obispo I strained my eyes in vain to make out a familiar face in the familiar uniform, there was a glimpse of "Old Fritz" water-gauge as we rumbled across the ❋ Harry Alverson Franck (1921)
A water-gauge in plain sight keeps the driver informed at all times as to the amount of water in the boiler. ❋ Russell Doubleday (1910)
He smashes the water-gauge wid another, an 'jammed one shot in the ol' rattle-box's entrails, an 'she starts to blow off steam ---- shriekin' like a soul in hell. ❋ Charles Alden Seltzer (1908)
As a case in point, note what came of the small, original effort of a self-trained back-country Quaker youth named John Dalton, who along towards the close of the eighteenth century became interested in the weather, and was led to construct and use a crude water-gauge to test the amount of the rainfall. ❋ Unknown (1904)
He moved, climbing high up, disappearing low down, with a restless, purposeful industry, and when he stood still, holding the guard-rail in front of the starting-gear, he would keep glancing to the right at the steam-gauge, at the water-gauge, fixed upon the white wall in the light of a swaying lamp. ❋ Unknown (1902)
A few months of training had done for that really fine chap. He squinted at the steam-gauge and at the water-gauge with an evident effort of intrepidity -- and he had filed teeth, too, the poor devil, and the wool of his pate shaved into queer patterns, and three ornamental scars on each of his cheeks. ❋ Unknown (1902)
The water-gauge of that steam-car was reflected on a mirror to the right of the dashboard. ❋ Rudyard Kipling (1900)
A few months of training had done for that really fine chap. He squinted at the steam-gauge and at the water-gauge with an evident effort of intrepidity -- and he had filed teeth too, the poor devil, and the wool of his pate shaved into queer patterns, and three ornamental scars on each of his cheeks. ❋ Unknown (1899)
A third wave was noticed within an hour, raising the water-gauge over a foot. ❋ Andy Adams (1897)
This arrangement was found in practice to be insufficient, and the following addition was made: A valve was placed at P, and the pipe was tapped a little farther on, and a rubber tube led to a water-gauge, Fig ❋ Albert A. Michelson (1891)
The water-gauge also comes in for a share of his attention. ❋ Kirk Munroe (1890)
Every now and then his eyes would rest on a water-gauge which he had improvised from the handle of a pick; the rise and fall of the wet mark showing him both the danger and the safety lines. ❋ Francis Hopkinson Smith (1876)
Will Garvie consulted the water-gauge for a moment and then opened the iron door of the furnace in order to throw in more coal. ❋ Unknown (1859)
"We are going to have a bad night of it," observed John Marrot as his mate examined the water-gauge. ❋ Unknown (1859)
