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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.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of return-flue boiler1
First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences
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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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