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steam boiler
noun
- a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
steam-boiler
noun
- a vessel in which water is boiled to generate steam. An industrial boiler usually consists of a system of parallel tubes through which water passes, suspended above a furnace
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Word History and Origins
Origin of steam boiler1
First recorded in 1795–1805
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Example Sentences
The rolling mill must have come, not only before the modern steam-boiler, but even before the modern plow could be made.
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Fig. 108 represents such a steam-boiler in section, as it is usually exhibited in working drawings.
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But the original source of all this energy is found far back of its first appearance in the steam-boiler.
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The “efficiency” of a good steam-boiler is therefore usually not far from 0.75 as a maximum.
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In an adjoining room there was a steam-boiler—part of the heating apparatus of the house.
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