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 301
row, such as is represented above, the coarse coal forms the skeleton of the heap inside, and atdistances of 8 or 12 feet, a kind of chimney is constructed with it. If coal coarse enough for thepurpose cannot be had, a flue is constructed of loose, fire-brick on the floor, over the whole length ;… … *SSS ■^^j^aSeEiaesS^- .cith it, and likewise the chimneys which are constructed of sticks. The best plan, generally, is to formair-channels through the bottom and also the flues or chimneys, of coarse well-charred coke ; these donot swell; they hold good fire, and cause no loss—for what is burned…
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