| 单词 | scotch boiler |
| 释义 | > as lemmasScotch boiler Scotch boiler n. [apparently so called because it was developed in Scotland and exported by Scottish firms] chiefly North American (now freq. historical) a steam boiler having a cylindrical shell with one or more furnaces inside the lower part of it, the hot gases produced from combustion passing through tubes in the upper part, typically used to power steamships; more fully Scotch marine boiler. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > boiler > [noun] > types of steam-boiler1805 boiler1818 generator1823 wagon-boiler1837 Cornish boiler1840 saddle boiler1840 French boiler1844 vomiting-boiler1844 water-tube boiler1850 feed-heater1864 Scotch boiler1877 cross-tubea1884 steamer1891 flash generator1903 flash steam generator1907 waste-heat boiler1930 1877 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 103 3 It should be borne in mind that this Scotch boiler gives an evaporative effect, with dry steam, scarcely equaled by any other. 1884 Mechanics 5 166/1 The Scotch marine boiler has driven its competitor, the stayed fire-box, out of marine practice, not only in England, but on the Continent and in this country [sc. the United States]. 1903 H. de B. Parsons Steam-boilers v. 97 (caption) Scotch boiler, single-ended, with common combustion-chamber. 1950 Canad. Transportation Nov. 639/2 The ship is powered by a triple expansion steam engine developing 800 i.h.p., with steam supplied by a Scotch marine boiler. 2008 Sarnia (Ontario) Observer (Nexis) 1 Mar. c5 The 106·98 metre long vessel had three triple expansion steam engines, six scotch boilers and could carry 26 rail cars on four sets of tracks. < as lemmas |
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