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boiler
Apparatus for converting a liquid to vapor. A boiler consists of a furnace in which fuel is burned, surfaces to transmit heat from the combustion products to the water (or other liquid), and a space where steam (or vapor) can form and collect. A conventional boiler burns a fossil fuel or waste fuel; a nuclear reactor may instead supply the heat. There are two types of conventional steam boiler. In a fire-tube boiler, the water surrounds the steel tubes through which hot gases from the furnace flow; easy to install and operate, fire-tube boilers are widely used to heat buildings and to provide power for factory processes, as well as in steam locomotives. In a water-tube boiler, the water is inside tubes, with the hot furnace gases circulating outside the tubes; water-tube boilers, which produce more and hotter steam, are used in ships and factories. The largest are found in the central-station power plants of public utilities; other large units are used in steel mills, paper mills, oil refineries, and chemical plants. See also steam engine.


cholera
Acute bacterial infection with Vibrio cholerae, causing massive diarrhea with severe depletion of body fluids and salts. It often occurs in epidemics, spreading in contaminated water or food. The bacteria secrete a toxin that causes the diarrhea, which along with vomiting leads to dehydration, with severe muscle cramps and intense thirst. Stupor and coma may precede death by shock. With fluid and salt replacement, the disease passes in two to seven days, less if antibiotics are taken the first day. Prevention requires good sanitation, especially clean drinking water.


Khmer
Ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia. Smaller numbers of Khmer also live in SE Thailand and the Mekong River delta of S Vietnam. Traditional Khmer are a predominantly agricultural people, subsisting on rice and fish and living in villages. Their crafts include weaving, pottery making, and metalworking. They follow Theravada Buddhism, which coexists with pre-Buddhist animistic beliefs. Indian culture has historically been a strong influence on Khmer culture.


Koblenz
City (pop., 1992 est.: 109,000), W Germany. Situated at the junction of the Rhine and Moselle rivers, it was founded by the Romans in 9 BC. It was a Frankish royal seat in the 6th cent. AD, and was chartered as a city in 1214. The French occupied it in 1794; it passed to Prussia in 1815. After World War I, it was the seat of the Inter-Allied Control Commission for the Rhineland (1919-29). Devastated in World War II, it has since been restored. It is a center for the German wine trade; other industries include tourism and the manufacture of furniture, clothing, and chemicals.


Kocher
Swiss surgeon. He was the first surgeon to remove the thyroid gland to treat goiter (1876). He later found that total removal could cause a state resembling ...

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