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 771
a plate of sheet-iron, about two feet square, placed over the mouth of the inlet-pipe, to separatethe stream of gas in some degree, as well as to prevent any lime from falling into the pipe. (J C C are the layers of hydrate of lime, spread upon screens formed of an outside frame, and a num-ber of.… … GAS. 761 one over another, in three tiers, from six to eight inches asunder; eacli tier may consist of four screens,for the convenience of lifting them out and replacing them. D is the outlet-pipe leading to the second purifier. This arch-pipe is made of thin plate-iron, sealedat each end by a…
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