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 763
his retort is arranged so that the coal is acted upon in a thin stratum andconverted into gas at once: the chemical advantages of this method are many;—all the elements ofthe coal are liberated at nearly the same time, and unite with one another in such proportions as toform gas of the best… … Fig. 1918 is a longitudinal section through AB in Fig. 1920.Fig. 1921 is a transverse section through C D in Fig. 1918. Fig. 1919, plans of the retort in section, over the top of the retort, the web, and furnace,respectively. GAS. 753 The same letters refer to corresponding parts in all the…
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