Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A closed vessel of sufficiently strong material (often iron, steel, or gun-metal) and commonly furnished with a safety-valve, in which liquids may he heated above their normal boiling-points as a result of the pressure produced by the tension of accumulated vapor.
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An ideal low pressure-boiler and pasteurizer for home and farm.
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