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Combustion chamber   Listen
noun
Combustion chamber  n.  (Mech.)
(a)
A space over, or in front of, a boiler furnace where the gases from the fire become more thoroughly mixed and burnt.
(b)
The clearance space in the cylinder of an internal combustion engine where the charge is compressed and ignited.





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... fins or ledges. The cylindrical casing is provided with two circular rails or pathways, turned perfectly true, to revolve upon the steel rollers, mounted on suitable brickwork, with regenerative flues, by passing through which the gas and air severally become heated, before they meet in the combustion chamber, at the mouth of the revolving furnace. The gas may be supplied from slack coal or other hydrocarbon burnt in any suitable gas producer (such, for instance, as those for which patents have been obtained by Messrs. Brook ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 • Various


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