·adj Of or pertaining to hydraulics, or to fluids in motion; conveying, or acting by, water; as, an hydraulic clock, crane, or dock.
See caisson. ...
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The simple yet powerful water-press invented by Bramah, without which it would have been a puzzle to...
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