Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise on the care and management of steam engines, boilers and electric machinery (1922)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & company · leaf 214
eft for the purposemidway of the furnace. The gases, on being distilled, im-mediately come in contact with the hot bed of coke on top,and the result is good combustion. In this type of stoker,steam is the active agent used for forcing the coal up intothe furnace, either by means of a long, slowly…
