return-flue boiler

[ ri-turn-floo ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a fire-tube boiler having flues that collect the combustion gases at the end of the boiler opposite the fire door and pass them through the boiler to an uptake above the fire door.

First recorded in 1885–90

Impurities in the water accumulate here, and it is of great value on a return flue boiler.

There are two general types, the wood and coal burners with locomotive boilers, and return flue boiler style for burning straw.

The Avery is an engine with a return flue boiler and full water front, and also is arranged with a firebox besides.

All sizes and styles have the return flue boiler, for wood, coal or straw.

This engine had too small a boiler, and he soon after built a larger engine, with a return-flue boiler made of wrought-iron.

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