Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 576
eend of the heating-surface of the boiler, and therefore a dis-tance equal to the depth of the sinrke-box will lie behind thefire-door and between it and the end of the bars. This sup- BOILER-SE T TING. W plies furthermore a space such as is required in a method offiring which is called the coking… … Fig. 443.upon this dead-plate and not upon the grate-surface proper.The heat from the burning fuel on the grates distils off thegas and all volatile matter which passes backwards over thefire; but since there were no openings in the dead-plate,oxygen does not come up through the fresh coal to set…
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