air engine (aren"jin)

A motor employing to continue its motion during the reverse stroke, or during those intervals when the force imparted falls below the average or Air-chamber. normal amount. The pre ure and flow are thus made practically uniform, notwithstanding the intermittent or variable action of the force. For some special forms, see air - ve el. 3. Any compartment or chamber designed to contain air: as, the air - chamber of a life-boat. air-chambered (ar'chām"bėrd), a. Furnished with an air-chamber or with air-chambers. It [the life-boat] was air - chambered and buoyant. Kane , Sec. Grinn. Exp., I. 49. air-cock (ar'kok), n. A cock used to control the admi ion or outflow of air. See cock1 , 8. air-compre or (ar'kom-pres"or), n. A machine for condensing air, usually in the form of a force-pump. See compre or . air-cone (arʼkōn), n. A cone in a marine engine designed to receive air and steam from the hot-well, and carry them off through a pipe at the top. air-cooler (är köʻlėr), n. Any appliance for lowering the temperature of the air, as in hospitals, dwellings, and theaters. A common form consists of chambers filled with ice, or fitted with screens of light fabric kept constantly wet with cooling liquids, through which a current of air is forced. See refrigerating-chamber, under refrigerate. air-course (ar'kōrs), n. A pa age in a mine made or used for ventilating purposes; an airway.