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 755
This retort is arranged so that the coal is acted upon in a thin stratum andconverted into gas at once: the chemical advantages of this method are many;—all the elements ofthe coal are liberated at nearly the same time, and unite with one another in such proportions as toform gas of the best… … Fig. 1918 is a longitudinal section through AB in Fig. 1920.Fig. 1021 is a transverse section through CD in Fig. 1918. Fig. 1919, plans of the retort in section, over the top of the retort, the web, and furnace,respectively. GAS. 753 The same letters refer to corresponding parts in all the figures.…
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