A catechism of the steam engine in its various applications to mines, mills, steam navigation, railways, and agriculture. With practical instructions for the manufacture and management of engines of every class (1864)
Bourne, John · New York, D. Appleton & co. · leaf 380
ely from all boilers now in use. The fire box or furnace is simply a square box or furnace ofany required dimensions ; it is nothing more than a water spacesurrounding the fire, stay-bolted as all water spaces are. It ismade of boiler plate in the usual manner. The water spaceextends only % of the… … 364 internal arrangements of the boiler are composed of a largenumber of tubes, lying across in a horizontal position, put to-gether in sections with return bends resembling the coils forheating buildings. These coils are of small pipe (say one inchin diameter), and as numerous as may be necessary.…
Steam engineering · Steam-engines
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