Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853- [from old catalog] · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 576
the top of the grates, it is more usual to give it athickness from the bottom to the line of the grates of 2|- oreven 3 bricks lengthwise, giving a dimension of from 20 to 24inches. It is not necessary that at the top it should be ofthis full width, and therefore it is quite usual to taper it… … be found in the illustrations Figs. 436 to 461. The objec-tion to tapering from the front or fire-box side is that so much. 540 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OF POWER PLANTS. of the fire as lies upon the sloping surface does not receive itsfull proportion of air, although this is corrected in part by…
Mechanical engineering · Steam power plants
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