Boilers produced steam heat and pumps filled seven miles of mains.

When activated, the pump fills the air chambers of the jacket in order to pressurize the tissues in the limb, thereby forcing fluids, such as blood and lymph, out of the pressurized area.

The PCP is powered by a nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) rechargeable battery, which enables the pumps to fill up to four 12-packs (48 flasks) before recharging.

The original hydraulic system still operates today, with the exception that the original wind-powered pumps to fill the reservoirs have been replaced with electric pumps.

Rooftop tanks were used because local water pressure was too weak to raise water to the upper stories; instead, buildings over six stories use a pump to fill tanks, after which gravity goes to work.

The narrow canals the Elves had dug to bring water to the forest held only dampness, for the five springs were not inexhaustible, nor were there enough Elves in Sentarshadeen to man the pumps to fill the canals every day.

Anyone who has driven through the sprawling new suburbs or watched as the owner of an S.U.V. waits and waits while the pump fills the mega-tank on his $40,000 vehicle knows that if there is anything this country doesn't need, it is more lumber-eating bigger houses and more gas-drinking bigger cars.

The outer door closed, the pumps filled the chamber with air, the inner door swung open.

He had scrubbed it away in some gas-station restroom while a self-serve pump filled the Tempo's tank on slow automatic feed.

He could see spots where he might have landed the buggy while the pump filled the jet tank for another hop.