deflagrator
(ˈdɛfləgreɪtə(r))
[agent-n. in L. form, from dēflagrāre to deflagrate.]
An instrument or apparatus for producing deflagration, esp. a voltaic arrangement for the production of intense heat.
| 1824 Longfellow in Life (1891) I. v. 51 The galvanick heat produced by Professor Hare's deflagrator. 1827 Weekes in Mech. Mag. VII. 425 The Safety gas deflagrator, an oxyhydrogen blowpipe on an entirely new principle. 1876 S. Kens. Mus. Catal. No. 1256 Hare's Calorimotor, or Deflagrator. |