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 132
furnaces, and have anticipated great resultsfrom the adoDtion of the same plan in steam-boilers. [Fig. 414. The steamboat• NewYork, built by H. R. Dunham andCo., has one copper boiler, one en-giue, 40-inch cylinder, 7£ stroke; en-tire surface, ICOHj, viz.: Direct or furnace .... 133Tubular 1475… … This erroneous conclusion is the result of ignorance, or of inattention to the fact that in steam-boilersthe flames are partially extinguished by coming in contact with surfaces, comparatively cold, highly con-ducting, since the heat of the metallic plates of the boiler can never be much above the…
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