stopcock

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

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2014

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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The two front apartments are covered at the top, and each of them have a tube fixed in the front side, near the top, with a stopcock.

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