boiler

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On the Chesapeake Bay, market hunters favored punt guns—cannons weighing up to 200 pounds, with barrels made from boiler pipe—that could bring down 100 ducks with one shot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Installing one likely involves some new pipework, and often new radiators; it is not something you can just get one day when the gas boiler packs up.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Whereas a gas boiler might heat water to 70C to run round your radiators, heat pumps work better at 45C.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

The manager of the boiler and turbine department and a half-dozen staff members had donned body armor and stayed in the control room to monitor the equipment during the attack.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

He said he wanted to show his appreciation for plugging the leak in the boiler & replacing the broken crankshaft.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman