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Definition of Fireboxes
1. firebox [n] - See also: firebox
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fireboxes
Literary usage of Fireboxes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American by American Railway Master Mechanics' Association (1901)
"STEEL fireboxes; Cause of cracking of, X, 64, 72. Cracking of, IV, ,,, ,3; VIII,
i6, 17, 27; ‘N, 62, 63. Early experience with, II, 24. ..."
2. A Manual of Locomotive Engineering: With an Historical Introduction : a by William Frank Pettigrew (1899)
"There appears at the present time to be great difficulty in getting copper suitable
for locomotive fireboxes ; the material at present supplied being too ..."
3. Official Proceedings by Southern Negro Youth Congress (1921)
"We think it is sufficient to say your committee is satisfied from their investigation
that, as a general proposition, autogenous welding of fireboxes is ..."
4. Tests of a Jacobs-Shupert Boiler in Comparison with a Radial-stay Boiler: A by William Freeman Myrick Goss (1912)
"With this exception, both fireboxes were in perfect condition. ... The inspection
at Clovis ended the detailed examinations of fireboxes. ..."
5. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute, Chartered Insurance Institute (1897)
"... with the 3200 locomotives belonging to the Pennsylvania Railway, and shows
that the use of ingot metal for boilers and fireboxes has given satisfaction. ..."
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