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
A PID controller manages and stabilizes the temperature of the main and steam boiler, and all the controls are accessed via an easy-to-read high-contrast black-and-white LCD screen.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 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
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
This is probably the earliest record of a steam-boiler explosion.
From A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine by Thurston, Robert H.
This type of steam-boiler, invented by Nathan Read, of Salem, Mass., in 1791, and patented in April of that year, was the earliest of the tubular boilers.
From A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine by Thurston, Robert H.
The significance of drafts in steam-boiler practice, by W. T. Ray and Henry Kreisinger.
From Engineering Bulletin No 1: Boiler and Furnace Testing by Strohm, Rufus T. (Rufus Tracy)
If a steel frame were called for, 3,370 iron and steel workers would stand ready; and the eight steam-boiler makers would put in the heating and power plant.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 by Various
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