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 55
ions. The rapid, steady, unimpeded flpw of the water in thecourse natural to expansion by exposure to heating sur-face, bears important relation to the most economical utili-zation of the heat units in the furnace gases, and is an es-sential factor in the achievement of the highest efficiencyin the… … Fig. 20 ATLAS WATER TUBE BOILER—SECTIONAL VIEW Atlas Water Tube Boiler 43 The water is fed into the purifier^ whence it overflowsinto the rear drum and passes down into the rear leg,thence through the inclined tubes to the front leg and up-ward into the front drum^ where the globules of steam…
