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Firebox may refer to:
Firebox (steam engine), the area where the fuel is burned in a steam engine
Firebox (architecture), the part of a fireplace where fuel is combusted
Firebox Records, a Finnish record label
Firebox.com, an electronic commerce company based in the UK.
Fire alarm box, an outdoor device used for notifying a fire department of a fire
Firebox (song), a song by Europe from the album Bag of Bones
Firebox, a miniaturized Linux PC for encrypted text and voice messaging, developed by the CryptoRights Foundation in 2004 as part of its HighFire communications security project
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firebox in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Firebox may refer to: Firebox (steam engine), the area where the fuel is burned in a steam engine Firebox...
The Belpaire firebox is a type of firebox used on steam locomotives. It was invented by Alfred Belpaire of Belgium in 1864. Today it generally refers to...
Firebox Records was a Finnish record label based in Seinäjoki, Southern Ostrobothnia. They specialized in doom metal. Firedoom Music was a subsidiary...
The Wootten firebox is a type of firebox used on steam locomotives. The firebox was very wide to allow combustion of anthracite waste, known as "culm"...
would more properly be termed a firebox explosion. Firebox explosions in solid-fuel-fired boilers are rare, but firebox explosions in gas or oil-fired...
placed in the middle, astride the boiler. Camelbacks were fitted with wide fireboxes which would have severely restricted driver visibility from the normal...
Crown sheet The upper sheet of the inner firebox on a locomotive boiler. It is the hottest part of the firebox, and sometimes at risk of boiler explosion...
is an early form of steam locomotive boiler with a prominently raised firebox of "Gothic arch", "haystack", or "coppernob" shape. The term haystack is...
slightly lower pressure than outside the firebox. Solid fuel, such as wood, coal or coke, is thrown into the firebox through a door by a fireman, onto a set...
a water jacket surrounding the firebox and, in high-output locomotive boilers, also passes through tubes in the firebox itself (thermic syphons and security...
For steam engines, the term has also been used for an extension of the firebox which is used to allow a more complete combustion process. In an internal...
noted for the unusual shape of the firebox, a circular design intended to be self-supporting without the use of firebox stays. The name "pistol boiler" derives...
leaving the locomotive, an arrangement which led to later problems. The firebox, near the centre of the locomotive, was fed by the fireman from a third...
the steam supply and firebox.: 15 They achieve that using various devices, most of which are on the rear surface of the firebox, called the "backhead":...
inside of it. The first key component within the outer housing is the firebox, which is surrounded on five sides by the outer housing, and on one side...
engine that provides adhesion. Coal, petroleum, or wood is burned in a firebox, boiling water in the boiler to create pressurized steam. The steam travels...
fireman on the other; the fireboxes separated them. The regulators for both power bogies were located above the centre of the fireboxes, with the steam brake...
Note the short tank, avoiding both firebox and smokebox A typical curved-shaped saddle tank, covering both firebox and smokebox A saddle tank with both...
boiler with a new firebox. The total cost of the restoration work are estimated to be $2.6 million. In October 2021, the old firebox was completely removed...
stability at speed and a two-wheel trailing truck to support the large firebox needed for sustained power. Although built for both passenger and freight...
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