Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 598
the top of the grates, it is more usual to give it athickness from the bottom to the line of the grates of 2-J oreven 3 bricks lengthwise, giving a dimension of from 20 to 24inches. It is not necessary that at the top it should be oithis 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 54° 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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