heat detector

Isaac Kremer/ November 23, 2025/ / 0 comments

An automatic device for detecting the combustion products of a fire; originally developed in the 1860s; an alarm sounds when a fixed temperature is reached or the rate of temperature rise exceeds a predetermined rate; types include line detector, spot detector. See also electric fire extinguisher, fire detector, fire protection system. (Bucher, 1996)

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