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 41
r the size of the boiler is notsufficiently clear; for a furnace may be so constructed, that although agiven quantity of fuel may be consumed in a given time, yet that a greatportion of the heat from that fuel may escape though the flue, withoutbeing of service to the boiler. The plan wiiich I have… … Longitudinal section of boiler and furnace. Transverse section, is;a well known fact that the bottom surface is far superior to the side ofa boiler in absorbing heat-; consequently, the longer the heat is retained General Notices. 29 on the bottom of the boiler, the more effective it will be. Under…
