Cyclopedia of locomotive engineering, with examination questions and answers; a practical manual on the construction care and management of modern locomotives (1916)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co., pub. for Sears, Roebuck & co. · leaf 13
OCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING the fireman is particularly interested, a brief descrip*tion of the various types will be here given. The old-fashioned grate bars for burning wood are too familiarto need describing, being simply plain cast iron sta-tionary bars with narrow slots between them. Forsoft coal… … Figure 2 used when cleaning the fire. For burning hard coal alarger grate area is required than with soft coal, forthe reason that a hard coal fire must be kept moreshallow than a soft coal fire. The grate for hard coalis long, and instead of being made of cast iron it con-sists of horizontal…
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