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scotch boiler

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scotch boiler [′skäch ′bȯil·ər]
(mechanical engineering)
A fire-tube boiler with one or more cylindrical internal furnaces enveloped by a boiler shell equipped with five tubes in its upper part; heat is transferred to water partly in the furnace area and partly in passage of hot gases through the tubes. Also known as dry-back boiler; scotch marine boiler (marine usage).


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The engineroom looks like a miniaturised version of Titanic's (which had similar machinery), with its Scotch boiler, three furnaces and bunkers for 21 tons of coal.
 
 
 
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