economizer

Jones says he uses the supernatural as “an economizer, a fast-forward button,” an efficient, compelling narrative device.

At the back of the boilers was a Green's economizer, consisting of ninety-six tubes.

Notes on: Brick work; explosions; pumps; pump valves; heaters, economizers; safety valves; lap, lead, and clearance.

Habit: The buffer of our feelings; the armor that protects our nerve-force; the great economizer of energy.

It is composed of two parts, the boiler proper and the “economizer.”