hydro-electric machine

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hydro-electric machine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hydro-electric \Hy`dro-e*lec"tric\, a. [Hydro-, 1 + electric.]
     Pertaining to, employed in, or produced by, the evolution of
     electricity by means of a battery in which water or steam is
     used.
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     Hydro-electric machine (Physics), an apparatus invented by
        Sir William Armstrong of England for generating
        electricity by the escape of high-pressure steam from a
        series of jets connected with a strong boiler, in which
        the steam is produced.
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