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 234
tilated iron casing. There is prac-tically no heat radiated from this furnace, all the heat gen-erated by it passing to the boiler. The central portion ofthe grate bars consists of shaking grates, while the side barsare stationary and inclined. Mechanical StoJcers 221 Fig. 93 is a sectional view… … Front Viiw. Fig. 92 burke furnace The doors in front are only opened for the purpose ofcleaning fires^, or when first starting fires. The air is sup-plied by way of the ash pit^ passing up through the gratebars. A portion of the air supply is also drawn throughthe ventilators and passes to the…
