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 230
e may be burnt, like bricks, in mounds ; but the irregular form of the pieces, and the contractionwhich ensues, renders the process difficult, and it is consequently seldom practised. Produce.—Chemically, pure carbonate of lime loses 44 per cent, of carbonic acid, and yields, afterburning, 56 per… … c^ 226 LIME. m the kiln. The average amount of produce obtained, ranges between 45 and 11 per cent., tlie ordinaryquantity being about 54 per cent. The contraction is not so considerable as might be expected, as thehurnt lime is very porous. The specilic gravity of limestone is diminished from J to…
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