A vigorous exclamation brings him to his feet all standing, and he begins to pull the punka with all his might, and you have a feeling of ease and coolness.
This has nothing to do with ventilation; for if the punka were used in a closed room, it would still produce a cooling effect on the skin.
The limit of movement of a punka is to be found in the man who pulls it.
You cannot, therefore, alter the natural rate of movement of a punka unless you pull it at both sides.
The function of a punka is to cause a current of air to pass the human body so that the animal heat may escape more rapidly.
In practice, the punka should just clear his head when standing, and the weighting of the curtain should be of some yielding material, so as not to damage any person who might stand in its course.
The swinging punka is one of the simplest forms of mechanism; it can be fitted up with the most primitive materials, and however badly made, it will always have some effect.
The power required to drive a punka is nearly all due to the resistance of the air; that part due to the force of gravity, and the friction of the suspending joints, is scarcely worth counting.
So the punka is seen everywhere--in the temple and court room and other public places, as well as in private dwellings.
The object of this class of punka is to produce a downward current of air by swinging to and fro, and the best punka is the one which throws downward the greatest quantity of air with the smallest applied force.
Here is a panel punka which we shall try to use without the customary swing bar.
Fahrenheit, and as a considerable quantity of air is put in motion, the power required to drive a punka depends upon the quantity of air it puts in motion in a given time.
Within five minutes the swinging of the punka and the squeaking of the rope resumed, but regularly this time; Mahommed Gunga had apparently unearthed a man who understood the business.
The punkawill at least give us a breath of fresh air.
To and fro the punka flapped; the pulleys creaked and the ropes scraped above the sound of knives and forks and spoons.
Last night mamma had to get up and take a towel as wet as it could be, and rub my sheets with it, before I could get to sleep at all, and if the punka stops a single minute, it wakes me right up again.
There sat the punka wala nodding, fast asleep, but keeping his arms moving all the time.
There are holes in the wall, and ropes put through the holes, and a man outside on the veranda pulls the ropes, and keeps the punka moving.
I read my letter to mamma so far, and she says you won't know what a punka is.
An exquisite mingling of many odours passed continually over the Mission, from the garden of the Seed ranch, meeting and blending with the aroma of its magnolia buds and punka blossoms.
Punka Indians encamped on the banks of the Missouri.
It bears the legend "Punka Indians Encamped on the Banks of the Missouri.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "punka" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
