tubular
adjective
having the form or shape of a tube; tubiform.
multitubular
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a word derived from
tubular.
Example Sentences
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When the conditions of trial were published, I communicated my multitubular plan to Mr. Stephenson, and proposed to him that we should jointly construct an engine and compete for the prize.
From Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery by George Iles
What is steam?—The mechanical energy of steam—The boiler—The circulation of water in a boiler—The enclosed furnace—The multitubular boiler—Fire-tube boilers—Other types of boilers—Aids to combustion—Boiler fittings—The safety-valve—The water-gauge—The steam-gauge—The water supply to a boiler.
From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Archibald Williams
This crane has a separate pair of engines for each motion, which are supplied with steam by the multitubular boiler placed in the cage as shown.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891 by Various
It was the simple but admirable contrivance of the steam-blast, and its combination with the multitubular boiler, that at once gave the locomotive a vigorous life, and secured the triumph of the railway system.
From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Samuel Smiles
Between the destructor and the chimney a multitubular boiler is placed, which makes steam enough for grinding into sand the clinkers which are the solid residue of the burnt refuse.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 by Various
