Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853- [from old catalog] · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 609
face and meets the air for com-bustion on the top. Great care must be taken in gas-firing toguard against the accumulations of an explosive mixture ofgas and air, which may take fire and by its expansion ofvolume do great injury to the setting or to the boiler itself. The installation of… … THE BOILER-FURNACE AS THE ORIGIN OF POWER. 573 in heating or puddling should not contain oxygen in theheating-furnace, and are therefore usually in a combustiblecondition when they leave the furnace, so that they can beignited within the boiler-setting and impart their heat byradiation as well as…
Mechanical engineering · Steam power plants
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