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 904
, •with a low arch and descending flue d The flame proceeding from the grate a, plays uponthe surface of the materials in the pot e, in the fire-space b. The arch is formed at that part which ismost exposed to the heat, and the alkaline vapors from the mixture, of hollow bricks ccc, over which… … 2156. tears, consisting of the fusible product of the action of the alkaline vapors upon the ingredients of thebricks, from forming on the arch, and falling into the glass during fusion. The pot, e, is of very largedimensions, as large indeed at the lip on the one side as the width of the plates,…
Mechanical engineering
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