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 769
tate, and dissolve in it. The latter would be converted in the flame into sulphurous acid andcarbonic oxide. Retort-house.—The adjoining cut, Fig. 1926, represents a retort-house built of brick, for coal gas, uponthe most simple construction, and well adapted for a town requiring 70,000 cubic feet… … 1926. /T\ (T\ ^t»/r% (T\\ n em ■ormil r^ ^ The outside walls are calculated to give the greatest security with the least possible material. Thepiers a a are 18 inches thick at the base, projecting 4 J inches (on the outside) from the brickwork fillingthe space between them. Half way up the walls…
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