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Definition of Electric heater

1. Noun. A small electric space heater.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Electric Heater

Literary usage of Electric heater

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"electric heater. A device for the conversion of electricity into heat for ... In the simplest form of electric heater exposed coils of wire or strips of ..."

2. Handbook of Mining Details (1912)
"electric heater for Air-line Drains (By GC Bateman). ... electric heater USED ON COBALT AIR MAINS. The heater, which is placed underneath the drain cock, ..."

3. Electric Railway Handbook: A Reference Book of Practice Data, Formulas and by Albert Sutton Richey, William Charles Greenough (1915)
"The electric heater. It is perfectly possible to secure uniform temperature ... When the electric heater is carefully installed with wiring in conduit, ..."

4. Electricity in Every-day Life by Edwin James Houston (1905)
"removed, since the electric heater in no way vitiates the air of the room in which the ... The electric heater for heating the air of a room or car is of ..."

5. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"Heater, Coil, Electric An electric heater in which the heat is produced by the passage of an electric current through a coiled metallic ribbon. ..."

6. Handbook of Mechanical and Electrical Cost Data: Giving Shipping Weights by Halbert Powers Gillette, Richard Turner Dana (1918)
"Consoli- Peter dated Smith electric electric heater heater Demand charge for power, 13.76 kw. for 6 months) $82.50 $82.50 ..."

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