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 311
nd that which will saturate thesame volume of air at 35°, the supposed temperature of outwardair, when the stove is 65°. Now, this quantity is 128915 grains,rather more than two thirds the amount which would be con-densed from a saturated atmosphere, or about one gallon per hour.Having ascertained,… … of procuring a constant supply, proportional to the expenditure.This end seems to be most effectually attained by cisterns onthe pipes, whose temperature varying with that of the pipesthemselves, the evaporation from them is greatest, when the pipesare hottest, i. e. when the greatest degree of…
