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 962
eriments were made with a small apparatus, capable of containing about 2 lbs. of wood;and, independently of the superior quality of the powder manufactured with the charcoal thus obtained,it was found that the product was augmented to as much as 42 per cent, of the weight of the wood. The apparatus…
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