"boiler" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- That night Garry had taken the saddle and thrown it into the furnace of the hot, water boiler.
- The large gash in the Osborn's hull caused the water to hit her hot boilers which exploded and immediately killed two crewmen.
- He lit the lantern at the rear of the machine and by the time the rain came hissing upon the hot boiler, he was ready.
- High steam generation rates are possible under other circumstances, such as boiler-drum failure, or at a quench front (for example when water re-enters a hot dry boiler).
- The ship broke in two, and cold seawater made contact with her hot boilers which had been running at full steam, causing them to explode.
- The large japanned bathtub took up much of the space, but was almost overshadowed by the huge heating tank on the fuel-burning hot boiler.
- A sudden influx of cold water into a hot boiler can cause it to crack.
- A wisp of smoke drifted up from the stack and the metal of the hot boiler clicked quietly.
- About 17 to 20 minutes after being hit Aragon went down, and she suffered a second explosion as the cold seawater reached her hot boilers.
- This avoids any risk of vacuum collapse, when a hot boiler is allowed to cool down out of service.
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