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The mechanical engineering of power plants (1897)

Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853- [from old catalog] · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 573

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quite usual, in order that the under surface of the fire maycome more nearly normal to the incoming air-currents, so asto invite them to pass equally through all parts of the fire,rather than to take the easiest course. In sectional boilerswith inclined water-tubes the inclined grate is of… … The horizontal grate renders it more easy to keep the fireof even thickness at the front and back, and makes it slightlyeasier to withdraw the clinker and other solid matter which isto be drawn forward and out through the fire-door m arrange- B OILER-SE T TING. 537 ments of this sort. The general…

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