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 143
ch boilers must be ingreat number, which occasions a very awkward disposition and management; and, 3d, a given quantityof fuel is burned more economically on one large grate, than on several small ones, as with the formerit requires less draught, and the combustion is more complete. Now, to combine… … A is a cross-section through the fire and smoke box ; b is a front view; and c is a longitudinal sec-tion, showing the whole internal arrangement. The boiler consists of two cylindrical parts, placedabove each other: the lower part contains the fire-box, bridge-wall, and main-flues; the upper one…
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