return-flue boiler
[ ri-turn-floo ]
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.
Origin of return-flue boiler
1First recorded in 1885–90
- Also called re·turn-tu·bu·lar boil·er [ri-turn-too-byuh-ler, -tyoo-]. /rɪˈtɜrnˈtu byə lər, -ˈtyu-/.
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How to use return-flue boiler in a sentence
The larger apparatus is a horizontal return-tubular boiler, 60 in.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 | Herbert M. Wilson
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