Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1861)
Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1852, D. Appleton & Co.) · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 124
exposed to the passing currents of heat as a criterionof its economic value, we shall then have according to computation a summary of comparison as follows; Num-bers. Description of boiler. Cubic con-tents inleet. Area of heat-ed surface infeet Ratio of tbe areaof heating sur-face to cubic… … Scale.—M2th inch = 1 foot.Transverse Section. On the various forms of stationary boilers, Fig. 395, repre-sents the wagon boiler, sometimes called the caravan or oblongboiler. This boiler succeeded the haystack boiler, but it is notadapted to resist the pressure of high steam ; but up to 5…
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