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Definition of Cremation chamber
1. Noun. A furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cremation Chamber
Literary usage of Cremation chamber
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annals of Hygiene by Pennsylvania State Board of Health, Pennsylvania (1892)
"Ditto through the floor of the cremation chamber. Fig. 5. ... C, Floor of the
cremation chamber, the sides of which are four inches higher than the central ..."
2. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1889)
"... keep above the gases pervading the receiver, and prevent any dispersion of
heat or smoke through the apertures around the receiver or cremation chamber. ..."
3. The Health Exhibition Literature (1884)
"... keep above the gases pervading the receiver, and prevent any dispersion of
heat or smoke through the apertures around the receiver or cremation chamber. ..."
4. American Observer Medical Monthly (1883)
"The cremation chamber is built of stone, and has a very tall chimney which makes
it look like a factory. In the vestibule are a number of red earthenware ..."
5. Stoddart's Encyclopaedia Americana: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by American supplement, Encyclopaedia britannica (1884)
"... through the apertures around the receiver or cremation-chamber. A grating is
placed near the base of the chimney, oti which a fire of coke is kindled ..."
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