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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A type of marine boiler in England in which the water and steam were contained in a single large enveloping shell of cylindrical shape or of a shape derived from the cylinder. The name was used to distinguish this type from the sectional or coil types, made up of tube units of small diameter.

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