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locomotive boiler

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locomotive boiler [‚lō·kə′mōd·iv ¦bȯil·ər]
(mechanical engineering)
An internally fixed horizontal fire-tube boiler with integral furnace; the doubled furnace walls contain water which mixes with water in the boiler shell.


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