Wikipedia
air cylinder can mean:-
- a gas cylinder used to store compressed air.
- pneumatic cylinder, a mechanical device used to impart a force from a fluid, such as air.
Usage examples of "air cylinder".
He pushed the nose of the amatol block back off the wire, but the wire strop securing it to the compressed air cylinder held it in such a position that it remained with its nose nine inches clear of the water.
He pinched the big right toe of the replica, pulled the small compressed-air cylinder from the valve in the toe, and screwed a cap onto the valve.
Struggling and pushing, heaving and pulling, for there was only a foot of clear water between the wire and the surface of the water, they managed to ease the compressed air cylinder over and had just succeeded in lifting the nose of the first of the amatol cylinders on to the wire when, less than a hundred yards away, a six-inch searchlight came to life on the top of the dam wall, its beam momentarily horizontal, then dipping sharply to begin a traverse of the water close in to the side of the dam wall.
An old Studebaker with a wheezing air cylinder, dipping in slight cycles.
If he dove down to the Triton's engine box and located the high-pressure air cylinder, he could use it to blow the negative ballast tank.
One of the Navy men wheeled up a compressed air cylinder and snapped the air hoses to it.
There was more delay while the engineer, Emo, filled a compressed air cylinder.
He handed up his weight belt and twin air cylinder before climbing to the deck.
He is buried on the lunar surface by companions who have no grave marker other than a shipping tag for a compressed air cylinder.
The diver surfaced in a dark blue wet suit and hood, a compressed-air cylinder strapped to his back.