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 52
the smoke is what is termed a wheel draught, as the smokewheels once round the boiler, and then ascends the chimney. 86. Q.—Is the performance of this course by the smokeuniversal in wagon boilers ? A.—No; such boilers sometimes have what is termed asplit draught. The smoke and flame, when they… … 36 THE WAGON BOILER. ing through a flue on the one side of the boiler, and the otherhalf passing through a flue on the other side of the boiler—bothof these flues having their debouch in the chimney. 87. Q.—What are the appliances usually connected with awagon boiler? A.—On the top of the boiler,…
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