combustion tube

noun

1. a tube of hard glass used especially in a furnace for burning a substance in a current of air or oxygen.

Word History and Origins

Origin of combustion tube¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

The oxide of tin is placed in a porcelain boat (fig. 58), which is then introduced into a piece of combustion tube.

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Dry the filter, transfer the cleaned ore to a piece of combustion tube ten or twelve inches long and narrowed at one end.

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Wash out the combustion tube with some acid and add the washing to the contents of the beaker.

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This is a piece of combustion tube drawn out and narrowed at one end, as shown in fig. 76.

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The lamp is then ignited and the flame introduced in the combustion tube D (Fig. 11).

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