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Displacer :: Displacer (n.) The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement.

Shears :: Shears (n.) An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle..

Refinery :: Refinery (n.) The building and apparatus for refining or purifying, esp. metals and sugar..

Indicator :: Indicator (n.) A pressure gauge; a water gauge, as for a steam boiler; an apparatus or instrument for showing the working of a machine or moving part.

Boilery :: Boilery (n.) A place and apparatus for boiling, as for evaporating brine in salt making..

Osteophone :: Osteophone (n.) An instrument for transmission of auditory vibrations through the bones of the head, so as to be appreciated as sounds by persons deaf from causes other than those affecting the nervous apparatus of hearing..

Stoved :: Stove (n.) An apparatus, consisting essentially of a receptacle for fuel, made of iron, brick, stone, or tiles, and variously constructed, in which fire is made or kept for warming a room or a house, or for culinary or other purposes..

Dephlegmator :: Dephlegmator (n.) An instrument or apparatus in which water is separated by evaporation or distillation; the part of a distilling apparatus in which the separation of the vapors is effected.

Chromograph :: Chromograph (n.) An apparatus by which a number of copies of written matter, maps, plans, etc., can be made; -- called also hectograph..

Dynamometer :: Dynamometer (n.) An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially, muscular effort of men or animals, or the power developed by a motor, or that required to operate machinery..

Rectificator :: Rectificator (n.) That which rectifies or refines; esp., a part of a distilling apparatus in which the more volatile portions are separated from the less volatile by the process of evaporation and condensation; a rectifier..

Separator :: Separator (n.) An apparatus for sorting pulverized ores into grades, or separating them from gangue..

Aeolipyle :: Aeolipyle (n.) An apparatus consisting chiefly of a closed vessel (as a globe or cylinder) with one or more projecting bent tubes, through which steam is made to pass from the vessel, causing it to revolve..

Stethoscope :: Stethometer (n.) An apparatus for measuring the external movements of a given point of the chest wall, during respiration; -- also called thoracometer..

Seismograph :: Seismograph (n.) An apparatus for registering the shocks and undulatory motions of earthquakes.

Water Crane :: Water crane () A goose-neck apparatus for supplying water from an elevated tank, as to the tender of a locomotive..

Fanal :: Fanal (n.) A lighthouse, or the apparatus placed in it for giving light..

Perambulator :: Perambulator (n.) A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See Odometer..

Calender :: Calender (n.) A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper, etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance. It consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact, with the necessary apparatus for moving and regulating..

Graduator :: Graduator (n.) An apparatus for diffusing a solution, as brine or vinegar, over a large surface, for exposure to the air..

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