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internal furnace

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internal furnace [in′tərn·əl ′fər·nəs]
(mechanical engineering)
A boiler furnace having a firebox within a water-cooled heating surface.


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For those averse to cool temperatures, scientists are devising alternative ways to rev up the internal furnace.
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The only furnace controls are the internal furnace temperature and the time.
 
 
 
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