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 126
Fig. 410, represents a longitudinal section, and fig. 411, a front view of a single return drop flue,such as is used to drive the pumping engines at the Brooklyn Dry Dock. The boiler itself is 84 inchesin diameter; a regular fire-box is made at one end, and the smoke and flame pass through a…
Mechanical engineering
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