Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 101
uitable for slack-coal resembles very much the bank-ovens for lump-coal thatwill be spoken of presently. The ground-plan is circular, the roof slightly arched, the only mortar usedfire-clay. Flues are carried all round, communicating at generally three points with the interior. Thereis but one door…
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