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 292
n ironing thearticles. Hence, when the personstops feeding and gets off the plat-form, the pressure is removed andthe rollers are separated. The ironing rollers B D areconstructed of cast iron and made hollow, and are heated internally by a mixture of gas and air. The principle of the burner,… … 280 LAUNDRY MACHINERY. conveys to the chimney the products of combustion. The burner itself consists of a cylindrical tube F, Fig. 274S, which contains the tube I. The gas and air admixture (gas one part, air ten parts) is brought to the tube / by rubber tubing having gauge-cocks to provide for…
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