The manometer of a steam-engine.
·noun Affliction; distress; grievance. II. Pressure ·add. ·noun Electro-motive force. III. Pressur...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun Measure; dimensions; estimate. II. Gauge ·vt To measure or determine with a gauge. III. Gaug...
An instrument for measuring shot, wads, &c. For round shot there are two kinds, viz. the high gauge,...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·adj Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life. II. High-pressure ·adj Hav...
·adj Having, employing, or exerting, a low degree of pressure. ...
·add. ·- Wires leading from various points of an electric system to a central station, where a voltm...
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Vapor tension. ...
·- A wider distance between the rails than the "standard" gauge of four feet eight inches and a half...
·- ·see under Gauge, ·noun. ...
·- A wall or bank to hold water back. II. Water gauge ·- An instrument for measuring or ascertainin...
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Wedge gage. ...
See anemometer ...
See salinometer. ...
A neat apparatus for ascertaining the height of the water in a steamer's boiler. ...
A graduated iron for sounding the pump-well. ...
Implies being farther from the point whence the wind blows, than another vessel in company. ...
A curved tube partly filled with mercury, to show the pressure of steam in an engine. ...
See pluviometer ...
An instrument used by Drs. Hale and Desaguliers to investigate the depth of the sea, by the pressure...
An instrument contrived for measuring the height of the tides. ...