Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 631
ng theheating-surface entirely from the space where gas is producedor evolved. The blast-furnace furnishes carbonic-oxide gasfor fuel, and if enough is supplied it will be burned under theboilers. The burner for gas is either an annular arrangement ofpipes like an Argand burner, so that the gases… … THE BOILER FURNACE AS THE ORIGIN OF POWER. 573 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…
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