stopcock

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The image immediately above shows the location of a gas stopcock cover.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2014

If the secondary filter has a drain, drain it, close the stopcock, refill it with fresh fuel and refit it to the flange.

From Time Magazine Archive

If you have sufficient reserve in your vacuum calculations after counting the pressure increases from hose lengths and fittings, adding a stopcock or two is helpful.

From Time Magazine Archive

Similarly, a stopcock on the output side of the filter could keep spills to a minimum.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the stopcock is open the water rises, and, coming into contact with the carbide in the inner tube, generates acetylene.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William