A Text Book of Gas Manufacture for StudentsG. Bell and sons, 1900 - 284 pages |
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... Furnaces . " ( Spon and Co. ) Hartley's " Gas Analysts ' Manual . " ( Spon and Co. ) Herring's " The Construction of Gas - Works . " ( Hazell , Watson , and Viney . ) Hughes on " Coal - Gas . " Revised by Richards . ( Crosby , Lockwood ...
... Furnaces . " ( Spon and Co. ) Hartley's " Gas Analysts ' Manual . " ( Spon and Co. ) Herring's " The Construction of Gas - Works . " ( Hazell , Watson , and Viney . ) Hughes on " Coal - Gas . " Revised by Richards . ( Crosby , Lockwood ...
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... furnace , to a suitable gas- making temperature . The charge is allowed to remain in the retorts for a period of from four to six hours , at the expiration of which time the coal will have given off all the gas it is capable of evolving ...
... furnace , to a suitable gas- making temperature . The charge is allowed to remain in the retorts for a period of from four to six hours , at the expiration of which time the coal will have given off all the gas it is capable of evolving ...
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... furnace . If a liquid clinker be the result , then the coke will be more easily worked in the furnace , and consequently be better adapted for keeping up the heats in the retorts . The following is an analysis of the ash of a Newcastle ...
... furnace . If a liquid clinker be the result , then the coke will be more easily worked in the furnace , and consequently be better adapted for keeping up the heats in the retorts . The following is an analysis of the ash of a Newcastle ...
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... furnaces — The principles of combustion and their application to the working of retort - furnaces . TH HE process by which gas is obtained from coal , is a chemical operation known as destructive distillation , and technically called ...
... furnaces — The principles of combustion and their application to the working of retort - furnaces . TH HE process by which gas is obtained from coal , is a chemical operation known as destructive distillation , and technically called ...
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... furnace for producing the heating gases ; the main flue for carrying away the spent products of combustion ; and the chimney for creating the necessary draught to draw away the spent products , and to draw in the necessary amount of air ...
... furnace for producing the heating gases ; the main flue for carrying away the spent products of combustion ; and the chimney for creating the necessary draught to draw away the spent products , and to draw in the necessary amount of air ...
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