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Water hammer 1

Definition: A vessel partly filled with water, exhausted of air, and hermetically sealed. When reversed or shaken, the water being unimpeded by air, strikes the sides in solid mass with a sound like that of a hammer.

Water hammer 2

Definition: A concussion, or blow, made by water in striking, as against the sides of a pipe or vessel containing it.

water hammer 3

Definition: the banging sound of steam in pipes

 

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