Spons' dictionary of engineering, civil, mechanical, military, and naval; with technical terms in French, German, Italian, and Spanish (1871)
Spon, Edward, Byrne, Oliver, Spon, Ernest · London, New York : E. & F.N. Spon · leaf 167
ng the process, it produces an inferior quality of fat. No chemicals are used. The apparatus consists of an upright cylindrical vessel, made of strong boiler-plates, tightly riveted together. Its diameter is about two and a half times less than its height, and its capacity amounts to 1200 to 1500… … vapours, and P P is a safety- valve, with a counter- weight R. There is, moreover, an outer valve for the passage of air, either when filling or emptying the vessel, as well as a box for a thermometer. The vapours escaping through P
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