BOILER MECHANIC

  

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BOILER MECHANIC

Specialty Definition: BOILER MECHANIC

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Occupations

Maintains and repairs stationary steam boilers and boiler house auxiliaries, using handtools and portable power tools: Cleans or directs other workers to clean boilers and auxiliary equipment, using scrapers, wire brush and cleaning solvent. Inspects and repairs boiler fittings, such as safety valves, regulators, automatic-control mechanisms, and water columns, and auxiliary machines, such as pumps, draft fans, stokers, and burners. Replaces damaged boiler tubes and plates [BOILERMAKER (struct. metal) I]. Repairs or replaces high-pressure piping, using power saw, gas torch, threading die, and welding equipment. May patch boiler insulation with cement. May paint surface of equipment, using brush. May perform water pressure test by pumping water into system to determine location of leaks. May remove and replace defective firebrick, using hammer and chisel. May operate lathe and milling machine to repair or make parts, such as valve stems and pump shafts. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: BOILER MECHANIC

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-e-e-h-i-i-l-m-n-o-r"

-3 letters: biochemical, chameleonic, incoercible.

-4 letters: ceremonial, chimerical, chloramine, cochairmen, microcline.

-5 letters: airmobile, arecoline, bromelain, bronchial, calcimine, chameleon, chelicera, chimaeric, chloracne, chronicle, cochineal, coercible, concealer, conciliar, libecchio, microbial, microinch, monarchic, recombine, reconcile.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: BOILER MECHANIC


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 4F 49 4C 45 52      4D 45 43 48 41 4E 49 43

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01001111 01001001 01001100 01000101 01010010 00100000 01001101 01000101 01000011 01001000 01000001 01001110 01001001 01000011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#79 &#73 &#76 &#69 &#82 &#32 &#77 &#69 &#67 &#72 &#65 &#78 &#73 &#67

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 004F 0049 004C 0045 0052      004D 0045 0043 0048 0041 004E 0049 0043

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

36494346395224739374235484337

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INDEX

1. Anagrams
2. Orthography
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