The metal box behind a steam locomotive's boiler, where the fuel is burned.
That portion of the solid fuel appliance where the fuel is located and where primary combustion occurs.
Literally a box containing the fire. It is surrounded by water on the top and all sides. The bottom is a grate with an ash pan below that.
The area that contains the grate or andirons upon which the materials are arranged for combustion.
the box in which the fire burns. It is made of steel or copper and fixed inside the boiler.
The place where the combustion of coal (or oil) takes place that produces the hot gases that then pass through the boiler tubes to heat the water to produce the steam used to drive the locomotive.
The equivalent of a furnace. A term usually used for furnaces of locomotive boilers and similar types of boilers.
The WatchGuard firewall appliance.
The compartment at the rear of the boiler which houses the fire. The firebox is where the fuel, usually coal, but it can be wood or oil, is burnt to provide the heat to boil the water in the boiler. The firebox consists of two copper or steel enclosures, the outer firebox and the inner firebox. They are connected by 'stays', bolts which keep the inner box rigid within the outer box. Normally, the stays are threaded at each end and are screwed into the steel plates of the firebox. The ends are hammered down as a seal.
In a steam engine, the firebox is the area where the fuel is burned, producing heat to boil the water in the boiler. Most are somewhat box-shaped, hence the name.