Diagram of the front of a 1865 steam locomotive, or smokebox. This is the part that collects the hot gases before they are exhausted through the chimney. Illustration from "Les Merveilles de la science ou description populaire des inventions modernes" written by Louis Figuier and published in 1867 by Furne, Jouvet et Cie.

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