Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 227
. iron wagons having fire-clay tops c ; these wagons are constructed to fit the sides of the kiln as atdef so as to be as air-tight as practicable up each side. When in operation, the burning part occu-pies by preference the centre of the kiln, the fires being stationary in the sides of the kiln at… … ^ li L mm ■■. be of any required length to contain aconvenient number of loaded wagonsat one time. As the bricks on eachwagon are burnt sufficiently, the latteris pushed or pulled forward, and an-other wagon containing unburnt formstakes its place at the burning part ofthe kiln. As each wagon is…
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