Immersed tube — An Immersed Tube is a kind of underwater tunnel comprised of segments and/or elements, constructed elsewhere and floated to the tunnel’s site to be sunken into place (often into an excavated trench), with the elements being connected, finished… … Wikipedia
Thiele tube — The Thiele tube, named after the German chemist Johannes Thiele, is a laboratory glassware designed to contain and heat an oil bath. Such a setup is commonly used in the determination of the melting point of a substance. The apparatus itself… … Wikipedia
Sand tube — Sand Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
torricellian tube — noun Usage: usually capitalized 1st T : a glass tube open at one end and hermetically sealed at the other and of such length that when filled with a liquid (as mercury) and immersed at the open end in a vessel of the same liquid allowing the… … Useful english dictionary
fire-tube boiler — /fuyeur toohb , tyoohb / any boiler for generating steam by passing hot gases and other combustible products through tubes (fire tubes) immersed in water to a chimney or uptake. Cf. water tube boiler. * * * … Universalium
fire-tube boiler — /ˈfaɪə tjub ˌbɔɪlə/ (say fuyuh tyoohb .boyluh) noun a boiler in which the combustion products pass through tubes immersed in the water space on their way to the chimney. Compare water tube boiler …
fire-tube boiler — noun : a boiler in which water surrounds the tubes through which hot gases pass from the furnace to the stack * * * /fuyeur toohb , tyoohb / any boiler for generating steam by passing hot gases and other combustible products through tubes (fire… … Useful english dictionary
tunnels and underground excavations — ▪ engineering Introduction Great tunnels of the world Great tunnels of the worldhorizontal underground passageway produced by excavation or occasionally by nature s action in dissolving a soluble rock, such as limestone. A vertical opening … Universalium
Jack Lynch Tunnel — The Jack Lynch Tunnel (named after the former Taoiseach Jack Lynch), or Tollán Seán Ó Loinsigh in Irish, is an immersed tube tunnel and an integral part of the N25 southern ring road of Cork in Ireland. It takes the road under the River Lee.… … Wikipedia
Marmaray — Marmaray, the world s deepest immersed tube tunnel Overview Location Bosphorus strait Status Under construction Start F … Wikipedia
