wet steam
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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To overcome this the first plate is heated by wet steam.
From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by E. G. Thomssen
The waste liquors are boiled with wet steam and the oil skimmed from the surface, after which the liquors are run out through an oil trap.
From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by E. G. Thomssen
The tank is further equipped with a wet steam coil and a coil arranged to allow thorough air agitation, both coils being of lead.
From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by E. G. Thomssen
The steam in the jacket should be as dry as possible, so that all wet steam admitted during the live steam period may be evaporated by the heat received from the steam in the jacket.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
Gusts of bad air rose in a choking smother; Smoke, the wet steam of clothes, the stench of plush, Powder, cheap perfume, mingled in a rush.
From Young Adventure, a Book of Poems by Stephen Vincent Benét
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