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 747
beginning at the upper retorts. This precaution is necessary to prevent explosion. S is the mouth-piece, ten inches long, with a socket cast on the top to receive the stand-pipe. Thereought to be a neck to this socket, as shown in Figs. 1892 to 1894; because the joint, when close uponthe top, from… … The mouth-piece is three-quarters of an inch in thickness, secured to the retort by bolts, ami acement joint made between their flanches. Iron cement is the most valuable for this purpose, and isused in all places where heat is present. It may be compounded as follows: To one ounce of sal-ammoniac,…
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