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 763
is a plate of sheet-iron, about two feet square, placed over the mouth of the inlet-pipe, to separatethe stream of gas in some degree, as well as to prevent any lime from falling into the pipe. (JCC are the layers of hydrate of lime, spread upon screens formed of an outside frame, and a num-ber of… … GAS. one over another, in three tiers, from six to eight inches asunder; each tier may consist of four screensfor the convenience of lifting them out and replacing them. D is the outlet-pipe leading to the second purifier. This arch-pipe is made of thin plate-iron, sealedat each end by a…
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