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Pitot's Tube

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A bent tube used to determine the velocity of running water, by placing the curved end under water, and observing the height to which the fluid rises in the tube; a kind of current meter.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pitot's Tube'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/pitots-tube.html. 1828.
 
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