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SCOTCH MARINE WET-BACK BOILER [1 record]

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Record 1 2000-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ovens, Furnaces and Boilers (Heating)
DEF

A Scotch, fire-tube boiler with a steel baffle at the back of the furnace to direct the products of combustion from the combustion chamber to the second pass. The baffle covers the rear end of the furnace and tubes, and is completely water cooled. The boiler gets its name from the wall of water between the baffle and the rear end of the boiler.

OBS

As opposed to a Scotch marine dry(-)back boiler.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fours et chaudières (Chauffage)
OBS

Glossaire 46.

Key term(s)
  • chaudière marine écossaise à fond humide

Spanish

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