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Scientific American, Vol. 36, No. 2 (1877) (1877)
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in the Cleveland district, in England, being fixed over instantly set in motion by igniting a small burner with a the ordinary furnaces. The machine and engine [Clough’s ther trouble. The substitution of coal gas for liquid hydro- match, patent three-cylinder] are attached to a substantial… … The consumption of coal is about 14 cwt. bustion which takes place in the cylinder. to the ton of bars made, and much less fet- This combustion can only occur as the hydro- Fy} tling is required. The men have easier work carbon and air enter the cylinder; and since this © and get outa much greater…Internet Archive · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
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