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- noun Alternative spelling of
combustor .
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Examples
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The hellfighters might also be happy to hear that a group of Harvard physicists has a suggestion: build an S-shaped piece of sheet metal, called an Emmons combuster, around the burning well.
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The easiest such steam engine would be water injectors firing into the Diesel cylinders or turbine combuster, plus a condensor to recover some of the water vapor in the exhaust.
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Less well known are Thomas Bowler and John Batterson Stetson, the hat makers; Johannes Geiger, the counterman; Rudolf Diesel, the internal combuster; and King Mausolus of Caria, whose tomb was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Less well known are Thomas Bowler and John Batterson Stetson, the hat makers; Johannes Geiger, the counterman; Rudolf Diesel, the internal combuster; and King Mausolus of Caria, whose tomb was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Less well known are Thomas Bowler and John Batterson Stetson, the hat makers; Johannes Geiger, the counterman; Rudolf Diesel, the internal combuster; and King Mausolus of Caria, whose tomb was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Less well known are Thomas Bowler and John Batterson Stetson, the hat makers; Johannes Geiger, the counterman; Rudolf Diesel, the internal combuster; and King Mausolus of Caria, whose tomb was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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