The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 271
; or, in other words, how many cubicfeet of air can be raised to a required temperature by a givenquantity of water, say at 120° of heat. Perhaps some of yourmathematical readers may be induced to make the experiment qfheaimg Hot-houses hy hot Water. 261 and calculations ; for, were this known, we… … ^- EXPLANATION OF REFERENCES. A, Section of the boiler, showing the second range of pipes (6 <?). Supposethem all to be 4-inch pipes, the height of the boiler would be 32 in., allow-ing 4 in. between the pipes. It should be of copper. E, The new valve, which should be of copper or brass, and…