Chimney-flue
61flue — I. /flu / (say flooh) noun 1. the smoke passage in a chimney. 2. any duct or passage for air, gases, or the like. 3. (in certain steam boilers) any of the pipes or tubes through which hot gases, etc., are conveyed in order to heat surrounding or… …
62chimney connector — Conduit (pipe) connecting the heating appliance (furnace) with the vertical flue …
63chimney — [14] Greek kámīnos meant ‘furnace’ (it was related to kamárā ‘vaulted room’, source of English camera and chamber). It was borrowed into Latin as camīnus, from which the adjective camīnātus ‘having a furnace, oven, etc’ was derived. By late Latin …
64chimney block — noun : a concrete block made to form a continuous round flue when a number of such blocks are placed in position one on top of another …
65Cowl (chimney) — Cowl designs from a 1910 catalogue A cowl is a usually hood shaped covering used to increase the draft of a chimney and prevent backflow. The cowl, usually made of galvanized iron, is fitted to the chimney pot to prevent wind blowing the smoke… …
66Modern chimney cleaning — For the history of climbing boys and Chimney Sweeps apprentices, see Chimney sweeps. Modern chimney sweep Today, chimney sweeps still maintain a thriving new industry in many parts of the world. The industry has expanded from the maintenance of… …
67lamp chimney — noun a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑chimney • Hypernyms: ↑flue • Part Holonyms: ↑oil lamp, ↑kerosene lamp, ↑kerosine lamp …
68solar chimney — /soʊlə ˈtʃɪmni/ (say sohluh chimnee) noun 1. a system for the creation of convection currents of air to ventilate and cool a building, such as a flue which is heated by the sun during the day causing the air within it to rise and to suck air from …
69Stack effect — is the movement of air into and out of buildings, chimneys, flue gas stacks, or other containers, and is driven by buoyancy. Buoyancy occurs due to a difference in indoor to outdoor air density resulting from temperature and moisture differences …
70Wood-burning stove — For a list of stove types see Stove (disambiguation). A wood burning stove is a heating appliance capable of burning wood fuel and wood derived biomass fuel. Generally the appliance consists of a solid metal (usually cast iron or steel) closed… …
