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Definition of Hydraulic ram
1. Noun. A water pump that uses the kinetic energy of flowing water to force a small fraction of that water to a reservoir at a higher level.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydraulic Ram
Literary usage of Hydraulic ram
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Genesee Farmer (1849)
"I can recommend the hydraulic ram to farmers who want their springs brought to their
... B, the pipe conveying water from the spring to the hydraulic ram, ..."
2. Transactions of the Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts, in the State by Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts (1819)
"... that great man, an hydraulic ram, on account, it is sup- posed, of its mode
of acting, similar in some respects, to the operation of another instrument, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by William Thomas Brande, George William Cox (1866)
"The invention of the hydraulic ram, at least in the improved form here described,
... hydraulic ram."
4. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1908)
"THE hydraulic ram 45. The hydraulic- rnm is a machine in which the pressure ...
27 shows a section of a hydraulic ram. The pipe a that connects the ram with ..."
5. Irrigation Engineering by Arthur Powell Davis, Herbert Michael Wilson (1919)
"hydraulic ram.—The commonest form of direct pumping plant is the hydraulic ram.
... Diagram Illustrating Principle of hydraulic ram. the air, ..."
6. Experimental Engineering and Manual for Testing: For Engineers and for by Rolla Clinton Carpenter (1906)
"The hydraulic ram.—The hydraulic ram is a ma. ... The essential parts of the
hydraulic ram are: I. The air- chamber C, connected with the discharge-pipe eD, ..."
7. Experimental Engineering and Manual for Testing: For Engineers and for by Rolla Clinton Carpenter (1906)
"The hydraulic ram.—The hydraulic ram is a ma- chine so arranged that a quantity of
... The essential parts of the hydraulic ram are: I. The air- chamber C, ..."
8. A College Text-book of Physics by Arthur Lalanne Kimball (1917)
"hydraulic ram.—The hydraulic ram is an appliance by which a small quantity of
water may be raised a considerable height by using a small fall in a stream. ..."
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