Twentieth century hand-book for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers .. (1905)
Swingle, C. F. [from old catalog], Horstmann, Henry Charles, 1858- [from old catalog], Tousley, Victor Hugo, 1875- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co. · leaf 80
and be sure that the water is allright. 60 BOILER OPERATION 67 The next thing to be looked after is the fire. If theplant is run continuously clay and night it is the dutyof the firemen coming off watch to have the fires clean,the ash pits all cleaned out, a good supply of coal onthe floor, and… … lahmans grate. a comparatively easy task, especially if the boilers arefitted with shaking grates. With a coal that does notform a clinker on the grate bars, the fires can be keptin good condition by cleaning them twice or threetimes in twenty-four hours, as the larger part of theloose ashes and…
