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digester [də′jes·tər] (chemical engineering) A vessel used to produce cellulose pulp from wood chips by cooking under pressure. (civil engineering) A sludge-digestion tank containing a system of hot water or steam pipes for heating the sludge. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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So soon as I hear that such or such a man gives himself out for a philosopher, I conclude that, like the dyspeptic old woman, he must have broken his digester. At the place where we slept water necessarily boiled, from the diminished pressure of the atmosphere, at a lower temperature than it does in a less lofty country; the case being the converse of that of a Papin's digester. |
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