Cyclopedia of mechanical engineering; a general reference work. Editor-in-chief Howard Monroe Raymond. Assisted by a corps of mechanical engineers, technical experts, and designers of the highest professional standing (1908)
American School (Chicago, Ill.), Raymond, Howard Monroe · Chicago American Technical Society · leaf 404
floor of the cham-ber; the doors are closed and the draft admitted to the ash pit. Thethick walls which surround the furnace prevent radiation of its heat.The fire brick are, therefore, heated to incandescence and the hotgases sweep through the chamber. The flow of the ga.ses is usuallychecked, by… … Fig. 169. FORGING 95 The selection of the fuel is an important matter in the operationof these furnaces. Experiments have l)een made with almost everykind of fuel. That now universally used is a soft hituminous coalthat will not cake. Steam or power hammers are always u.sed in connection withthese…
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