1) Boiler chamber 2) Furnace 3) Furnace chamber 4) Locomotive furnace 5) Street-corner alarm
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[architecture] A firebox or firepit is the part of the fireplace where fuel is combusted, in distinction to the hearth, chimney, mantel, overdoor and flue elements of the total fireplace system. The firebox normally sits on a masonry base at the floor level of the room. Some fireboxes are large in proportion so that a person could actually ...
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[steam engine] In a steam engine, the firebox is the area where the fuel is burned, producing heat to boil the water in the boiler. Most are somewhat box-shaped, hence the name. ==Steam Locomotive Fire Tube Firebox == In the standard steam locomotive firetube type boiler, the firebox is surrounded by water space on five sides. The bottom of...
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A steel box for installation into a fireplace opening designed to accept a gas fire
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In steam railroading, a firebox was a chamber in which a fire would produce sufficient heat to create steam once the hot gases from the firebox were carried into the adjacent boiler via tubes or flues.
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n] - a furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned
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noun a furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned
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the box or chamber containing the fire of a steam boiler, furnace, etc. · the furnace of a locomotive, where coal, oil, or other fuel is burned to generate steam. · a box or panel with a device for notifying the fire station of an outbreak of fire. · a tinderbox.
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