First recorded in 1795–1805
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Its original milling machinery was later adapted for operation by steam power and the 19th Century vertical steam boiler and chimney have survived.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2021
If this happens, you need to immediately shove a milk carafe under the steam wand to catch the resulting superheated water as it empties the steam boiler.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
We also appreciated the forward-thinking, energy-conserving heat exchange design, which indirectly allows the steam boiler to heat the brew group, thus removing the need for a secondary boiler and making the machine less expensive.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
A good example of the latter is the steam boiler explosion commission, appointed by Congress to investigate such accidents and discussed in Scientific American's issue of March 23, 1878.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 24, 2020
Constructed out of a forty-foot-long cylindrical steam boiler, the Hunley was designed for an eight-man crew—seven to turn the hand-cranked propeller and a commander to control the steering and the depth.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
His early patents bore the marks of his experience working on trains: more-efficient steam-boiler furnaces, improved braking systems, electrical regulators and a combined telegraph-and-telephone communication device.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
As a solution of a mechanical and physical puzzle, the arrangement of a large reflector, with a small steam-boiler at the focus of the heat rays thrown by it, is full of interest.
From Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast by Sutherland, George
Something like a hundred thousand tinkers are at work every day; and from an egg saucepan to a steam-boiler there is something to be hammered at by every capacity!
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Lever, Charles James
The hot water and the heat of the rooms are supplied by a steam-boiler on the lower story.
From The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them by Brace, Charles Loring
A big steam-boiler was coupled to a tiny pipe that led into the heart of the mass of concrete.
From The Runaway Skyscraper by Leinster, Murray
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