Sprengel pump

English

Etymology

Named after the inventor, Hermann Sprengel

Noun

Sprengel pump (plural Sprengel pumps)

  1. A kind of vacuum pump in which vacuum is produced by a stream of mercury drops running down a very narrow tube
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