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A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)

Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 372

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-posits or incrustations upon the heating-surfaces, sweepingthem away and depositing them in the mud-drum, whencethey are blown out. Rapid circulation of water, as hasbeen shown by Prof. Trowbridge, also assists in the ex-traction of the heat from the gases, by the presentationof fresh water… … Fiu. 113.—Boot Sectional Boiler. in their introduction. The Root sectional boiler (Fig. 113),an American design, which is in extensive use in the UnitedStates and Europe, has also been experimentally placed inservice on shipboard. Its heating-surface consists whoUyof tubes, which are connected by a…

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