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 744
FURNACE. 733 … 734 FURNACE. K K, four strong cast-iron columns resting on a solid foundation of mason-work. L, the stoke-hole, through which the fuel is introduced into the furnace. The mouth of this stoke-hole is bo constructed as to admit of its being stopped with a piece of coal when the furnace is in…
Mechanical engineering
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