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 134
rface and great breadth of furnace below, there being a smallquantity of water for so large a generating surface, saving a great deal of weight, which is of great im-portance, particularly in river boats, this boiler has the advantage of being easily braced, and the centreof gravity being very low… … 419. —^^\/V J*
Mechanical engineering
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