combustion tube
noun
a tube of hard glass used especially in a furnace for burning a substance in a current of air or oxygen.
Origin of combustion tube
1First recorded in 1860–65
Words Nearby combustion tube
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How to use combustion tube in a sentence
The oxide of tin is placed in a porcelain boat (fig. 58), which is then introduced into a piece of combustion tube.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerDry the filter, transfer the cleaned ore to a piece of combustion tube ten or twelve inches long and narrowed at one end.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerWash out the combustion tube with some acid and add the washing to the contents of the beaker.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerThis is a piece of combustion tube drawn out and narrowed at one end, as shown in fig. 76.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerThe lamp is then ignited and the flame introduced in the combustion tube D (Fig. 11).
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