Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering : illustrated with four thousand engravings on wood ; in two volumes (1873)
D. Appleton and Company · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 132
rface and great breadth of furnace below, there being a smallquantity of water for so large a generating surface, saving a great deal of weight, which is of great im-portance, particularly in river boats, this boiler has the advantage of being easily braced, and the centreof gravity being very low…
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