Flame, electricity and the camera; man's progress from the first kindling of fire to the wireless telegraph and the photography of color (1900)
Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, Doubleday & McClure co. · leaf 88
-ing power. The remedy for this isingenious enough: the tubes, in-clined in position, are filled withwater instead of fire, and are put inthe hottest part of the furnace. Ofcourse, soot and ashes collect upon them there, but neverto so formidable a degree as within the body of fire-tubes,and always… … feJ--^- Fig. 15.Babcock & Wilcox water-tube boiler. As in many diverse industries, we here can note howadvance in one application of fire promotes economy inanother. In the construction of the modern boiler thereis great advantage in the adoption of steel, which is sostrong as to be available…
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