Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 338
reevery few momentsand that the fire inburning rapidly mustwaste the coal andsend out great cloudsof black smoke filledwith cinders andhalf-burned bits ofcoal. Plainly, this is a verywasteful method of making and using steam. Not only is alarge part of the heat of the fire wasted bybeing thrown…
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