Pulsometer

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pulsometer \Pul*som"e*ter\, n. [Pulse + -meter.]
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     1. A device, with valves, for raising water by steam, partly
        by atmospheric pressure, and partly by the direct action
        of the steam on the water, without the intervention of a
        piston; -- also called {vacuum pump}.


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     2. A pulsimeter.
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