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 864
themain ascending hot-air chamber,thus making a double circuit aroundthe body of the furnace, keepingthe outside cool, and preventingany cold air from passing throughthe furnace into the hot-air dis-tributing pipes. It is providedwith a lever-grate which is movedon anti-friction rollers, and can… … Tne mc-pot is nneu \wm ure-unciv. _ Eickemeyers Furnace, devised by Mr. R. Eickemeyer of Yonkers, N. Y., is represented in Fig.4060. The surface of the grate can be increased or diminished by simple mechanism, to adapt it tothe draft. The fire-box, ash-pit, etc., are entirely inclosed in a…
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