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Sprengel deformity(medicine)
sprengel pump(medicine)

Sprengel (iou)



Sprengel noun. M19.
[H. J. P. Sprengel (1834-1906), German-born English chemist.]
Used attrib. and in possess. to designate devices developed by Sprengel. Also ellipt., a Sprengel pump.
Sprengel air pump, Sprengel mercury pump, Sprengel pump, Sprengel's air pump, Sprengel's mercury pump, Sprengel's pump = MERCURY vapour pump. Sprengel's tube, Sprengel tube a glass U-tube that narrows to a capillary at each end, used to determine the specific gravity of a liquid by weighing the tube when filled with the liquid and then with water at the same temperature.