Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 599
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… … grates to the top of the bridge. The diminished thickness atthe top is of advantage in diminishing the friction of the gasesin passing over the bridge, and in rendering it unlikely thatmisdirected fuel will be caught upon it. It will be observed BOILER-SETTING. 54 also that there is difference of…
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