| 单词 | immersion heater |
| 释义 | > as lemmasimmersion heater immersion heater n. a heater (usually electric) whose element may be immersed in the liquid to be heated; esp. one having a thermostatic control and designed to be fixed inside a domestic hot-water cylinder. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > for heating water water heater1824 water bar1843 geyser1878 chip heater1900 immersion heater1914 instantaneous (water-)heater1935 back-boiler1939 fridge-heater1957 1914 M. Lancaster Electr. Cooking, Heating, Cleaning 208 The water in cylinder A..is heated by the immersion heater B. 1914 M. Lancaster Electr. Cooking, Heating, Cleaning 209 An additional immersion heater could be fitted, current for which would pass through the meter...to be switched on if at any time the demand for hot water were much beyond the ordinary requirements. This auxiliary immersion heater could be controlled automatically by a thermostat..switch. 1935 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 39 455 The lubricating oil being kept at a temperature by immersion heaters in the oil tanks. 1936 Archit. Rev. 80 p. lxii/3 In many parts of the country..automatically controlled immersion heaters are being fitted as auxiliary heaters to fuel fired boilers. 1944 T. A. Longmore Med. Photogr. 140 The immersion heater is an electrically heated poker or element which is placed in the developer to raise its temperature and is withdrawn before the solution is put to its normal use. 1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. (1956) 76/1 Portable immersion heaters and boiling rings. 1958 House & Garden Mar. 70/2 The Agamatic also provides hot water—in the summer an immersion heater takes over. 1963 Times 8 Jan. 5/5 Mrs. Henderson told him that she decided not to have a bath, left the immersion heater on, and went to bed. < as lemmas |
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