RMD95KNB–Refining copper in a furnace. In the foreground a coating of copper is being hammered off an iron bar. This was a method of testing to see if the metal was sufficiently refined. From 'De re metallica', by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556)
RM2HH366F–Vase with Handles second half 14th century In the early phase of enameling, glassmakers left the undersides of their vessels unadorned or sparsely decorated, because of the difficulty of heating the end facing away from the furnace sufficiently for the enamel to adhere. The gilding on this piece, now abraded, was originally much richer.. Vase with Handles. second half 14th century. Glass, colorless with brown tinge; blown, folded foot, applied handles, enameled and gilded. Attributed to Syria. Glass
RFT303JR–Quicksilver roasting furnace: the ore is crushed at the mine and brought to the furnace plant. As the ore, after being burned sufficiently, is discharged below, fresh ore follows from above automatically.
RM2A5YKX2–Refining copper in a furnace. In the foreground a coating of copper is being hammered off an iron bar. This was a method of testing to see if the metal was sufficiently refined. From 'De re metallica', by Agricola, pseudonym of Georg Bauer (Basle, 1556)
RMKC57TW–Vase with Handles, second half 14th century, Attributed to Syria, Glass, colorless with brown tinge; blown, folded foot, applied
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RM2ANJ4Y2–Science for beginners . Fig. 69—Coking chamber of aside-feed furnace.. Fig. underfeed furnace. 92 THE PRODUCTION AND USE OF liEA^T distillation of the volatile matter takes place. By means ofa damper in the coking chamber door, sufficient air can beadmitted and a sufficiently high temperature may be main-tained in the combustion chamber to burn the volatile mattercompletely (Figs. 68 and 69).
RMPFKBDC–. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. HOPS HOPS 383 the large, coarse leaves kept out and the clusters separated. The cost of picking averages about seventy-five cents per hundred pounds of green hops. Drying and baling. A hop-house or dry-house is a tight building with a large heater or furnace, fourteen to twenty feet above which is a slatted floor covered with open- meshed cloth. On this the hops are spread in a layer one to three feet deep, and kept at a temperature of 125° to 200° until sufficiently dry, a process that commonly requires about twelve hours. Ventilation is
RM2AXETAA–The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania : or, its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, popularly described . VIEW OF A PUDDLING FURNACE. MANUFACTURE OF IRON. 125 such is the ventillation of these large establishments, that they areby no means uncomfortable, notwithstanding the great heat of thefires, in the hottest weather of the season.. VIEW OF THE INTERIOR OF A PUDDLING FURNACE. When the metal is sufficiently boiled and worked in the puddlingfurnace, it is rolled into as compact a ball as possible, and then withall convenient despatch is borne in iron pincers to the
RM2AFN8T5–. Transactions. / / / / / { / 1 / / f / J r / / CONSTITUTION AND MELTING-POINTS OF COPPER-SLAGS. 769 convection-currents, which are delayed in the viscous materialuntil it becomes sufficiently superheated. The Furnace.—The most suitable furnace for obtaining uni-form heating-conditions is some form of electric-resistancefurnace. In this work it was expected that temperatures above1,400° C. would be required. Most furnaces on the market,with the exception of platinum-wound furnaces, are not avail-able, as this temperature is beyond that for which they are. Magnesia Fire-Clay Gruphite Kryptol Fi
RM2AKCKA6–The hydrometallurgy of copper . the different charges, and keep them separate as they progressthrough the furnace. As one charge is sufficiently roasted and withdrawn,the next charge is moved forward to the position occupied by the previous 90 HYDROMETALLURGY OF COPPER one, and a new charge introduced in the section at the flue end. It isvery desirable that mixing of the different charges should not occur. Ifmixing occurs to any considerable extent, the insufficiently roasted orewill contaminate that which is well roasted and serious difficulty in thechemical treatment will be the result. If t
RM2AXERM3–The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania : or, its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, popularly described . VIEW OF THE INTERIOR OF A PUDDLING FURNACE. When the metal is sufficiently boiled and worked in the puddlingfurnace, it is rolled into as compact a ball as possible, and then withall convenient despatch is borne in iron pincers to the squeezer.. SQUEEZER FOR BLOOMS. IP 126 LOCOMOTIVE SKETCHES. The object of the squeezer is indicated by the name. The red hotball is placed into its iron jaws at d, and is thus pressed atevery evolution of the wheel which drives it—
RM2AWT4GH–Annual report of the State Mineralogist for the year ending ... . ms to become too high,the doors are opened until the ore has cooled off sufficiently. When thedesired quantity of oxides has been formed, which will be after aboutsix hours, the heat is increased to cause the agglomeration of the ore,which is drawn out on the floor and allowed to solidify, when it is readyfor the smelting operation. THE WATER JACKET BLAST FURNACE. The blast furnace employed is considerably higher than the Castil-iau furnace (Figs. 21 and 22) described above, and differs from it in manyways. The furnace is a typi
RM2AWEY80–Mechanics of the household; a course of study devoted to domestic machinery and household mechanical appliances . and the other to thecheck draft E^ in the chimney. As the furnace appears in thedrawing, the direct draft is closed and the check draft is open.By changing the ring from G to if, the movement of the chainopens Fj and closes -EJ, admitting air to the furnace. When the 59 60 MECHANICS OF THE HOUSEHOLD temperature of the room is raised sufficiently, the drafts are re-stored to their original position by replacing the ring at (z.Sometimes one or more intermediate points are made on the
RM2AWNHJG–Modern plumbing illustrated; a comprehensive and thoroughly practical work on the modern and most approved methods of plumbing construction .. . he pipe to be bent with sand, and securely plug eachend. Set the pipe on the work bench, with the point to be bent over-hanging. Place a plumbers furnace under the pipe, so that the flameheats the pipe at the bending point. To confine the heat, cover thispart of the pipe with a piece of sheet iron, or a shovel, if more con-venient. See to it that the pipe does not become overheated. When it becomes sufficiently hot, the weight of the overhangingpipe w
RM2AN5YKG–Factory and industrial management . BESSEMER FURNACE AT EDSKEN, At the time when the industrial world was startled by the firstannouncements of Mr., afterwards Sir Henry, Bessemers remarkableinvestigations, there was living in England Pontus Kleman, a Swedishmerchant and owner of ironworks at Dormsjo and Garpenberg. Kle-man was an enthusiastic believer in the future of the process, and,aided by drawings furnished by Bessemer and a compatriot engineer,named John Leffler, promptly erected at Dormsjo a furnace for thepurpose of continuing, on a sufficiently large scale, the English inven-tors exp
RM2AJ11AM–Modern plumbing illustrated : a comprehensive and thoroughly practical work on the modern and most approved methods of plumbing construction ... . one, is a perfectbend. First fill the pipe to be bent with sand, and securely plug eachend. Set the pipe on the work bench, with the point to be bent over-hanging. Place a plumbers furnace under the pipe, so that the flameheats the pipe at the bending point. To confine the heat, cover thispart of the pipe with a piece of sheet iron, or a shovel, if more con-venient. See to it that the pipe does not become overheated. When it becomes sufficiently hot
RM2AFKENW–. Transactions. ings C, which are regulated 408 DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMBUSTION OF BLAST-FURNACE GAS by the adjustable scroll dampers D. From this point onward theburner is diverging and the velocity of the mixture of gas and air isreduced by the expanding tube E, which ultimately discharges into thecombustion chamber. At G, additional secondary air enters around thetube E. The burner is designed in such a manner that the velocity ofgas and air in the expanding- tube E is sufficiently high to prevent backflashing. Should a large reduction in the quantity of gas cause backflashing, the return of
RM2AJH86R–Cottage residences : or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds Adapted to North America . SECOND STORY [Fig. 74.] fourth of more ample size in the third story of the central por-tion of the cottage, which is, both with regard to its propor-tions and the fine birds-eye view it commands, a very pleasantapartment. The plan of the basement, Fig. 75, sufficiently explains itself, BASE. 160 COTTAGE RESIDENCES. In the middle of the hall below is the furnace for supplyingheated air, and on either side are the kitchen, the store-room,and the fuel cella
RM2ANHYR1–Science for beginners . Fig. underfeed furnace. 92 THE PRODUCTION AND USE OF liEA^T distillation of the volatile matter takes place. By means ofa damper in the coking chamber door, sufficient air can beadmitted and a sufficiently high temperature may be main-tained in the combustion chamber to burn the volatile mattercompletely (Figs. 68 and 69).. Fig. 71.—Showing the feed cylinder tilted forward and filled withcoal. The apron closes the opening in the center of the grate throughwhich the coal is forced upward into the fire box. In the underfeed furnace, fresh coal is introduced at thebottom o
RM2AWD6DM–Practical dental metallurgyA text- and reference-book for students and practitioners of dentistry .. . Fig. 30. or 6 inches in length, enclosed in a wooden handle at itsunattached end; when the case is sufficiently heated, thetop may be lifted off, and the case remaining in the fur-nace soldered with the blow-pipe in the usual manner,the furnace then serving the place of a support. INGOT MOLDS are usually made of iron in variousforms to suit the requirements, those for the noble. Fig. 31.metals generally having the form shown in Fig. 30,which is so constructed that the side next to the handle,
RM2AG72TA–. A dictionary of arts, manufactures and mines : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. lly placed in the liquation furnace, figs.692, 693, 694. The operation lasts 3 or 4 hours, in which time about 1| quintals of char-coal are consumed. The cakes are covered with burning charcoal, supported, as I havesaid, by the iron plates. The workable lead obtained flows off towards the basin in frontof the furnace; whence it is laded out into moulds set alongside. See fig. 693. If thelead thus obtained be not sufficiently rich in silver to be worth cupcllation, it is employedto f
RM2AJ4HYB–Transactions . ption would give Ontario achance to develop its smaller ore deposits, especially in the countyof Hastings and in the immediate vicinity of Ottawa. In attempting a comparison between the electro-thermicprocess and the present blast furnace practice in the reduction ofiron ores, it will be well, I think, to narrow the same down to thatof a charcoal furnace and an electric furnace of similar capacity,both corresponding to a 3,000 h.p. electric smelting plant, whichat present would seem sufficiently large for such a purpose. The average output per 1,000 h.p. day, as given in Dr.Haan
RM2CF0K46–. Thackerayana;. Fortunately, there being a high wind, an ardent flame was quicklykindled, until the rock glowed with heat as fiery as the furnace burn-ing round it. Hannibal—if we may credit Titus Livius (for Polybius*does not mention the circumstance)—then caused a great quan-tity of vinegar to be poured upon the heated stone, which ran into * The most improbable part of this narrative, observes the historian, is,that Hannibal, in the very centre of the mountains, should have been able toobtain sufficiently large quantities of vinegar for the operations. ROLLINS ANCIENT HISTORY 35 the fiss
RM2CF0K7M–. Thackerayana;. Fortunately, there being a high wind, an ardent flame was quicklykindled, until the rock glowed with heat as fiery as the furnace burn-ing round it. Hannibal—if we may credit Titus Livius (for Polybius*does not mention the circumstance)—then caused a great quan-tity of vinegar to be poured upon the heated stone, which ran into * The most improbable part of this narrative, observes the historian, is,that Hannibal, in the very centre of the mountains, should have been able toobtain sufficiently large quantities of vinegar for the operations. ROLLINS ANCIENT HISTORY 35 the fiss
RM2CH20BK–. The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania, or, Its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, populary described . VIEW OF A PUDDLING FURNACE. MANUFACTURE OF IRON. 125 such is tlie ventillation of these large establishments, that they areby no means uncomfortable, notwithstanding the great heat of thefires, in the hottest weather of the season.. VIEW OF THE INTERIOR OF A PUDDLING FURNACE. When the metal is sufficiently boiled and worked in the puddlino-furnace, it is rolled into as compact a ball as possil^le, and then withall convenient despatch is Ibrnc in iron pincers to
RM2CD8D3B–. An introduction to practical pharmacy [microform] : designed as a textbook for the student and as a guide to the physician and pharmaceutist : with many formulas and prescriptions . ce of heat c,which spreads the flame and preventsits contact with the dish, though brought closely together; the dia-phragm a may be omitted in using a gas furnace, as the flame isthen under control by regulating the jet. As several retort stands have already been shown in the lastchapter, and in that on displacement, and as the instrument ascommonly constructed is sufficiently familiar, I shall here confinemysel
RM2CH202H–. The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania, or, Its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, populary described . VIEW OF THE INTERIOR OF A PUDDLING FURNACE. When the metal is sufficiently boiled and worked in the puddlino-furnace, it is rolled into as compact a ball as possil^le, and then withall convenient despatch is Ibrnc in iron pincers to the squeezer.. 11* SQUEEZER FOB BLOOMS. 126 LOCOMOTIVE SKETCHES. The object of the squeezer is indicated by the name. The red hotball is placed into its iron jaws at d, and is thus pressed atevery evolution of the wheel which drives
RM2CE3N1F–. A manual of mechanical dentistry and metallurgy . o the plateshould remain in close contact with the plaster teeth. Afterinvestment, in which the plate and clasps are embedded, has 86 MECHANICAL DENTISTRY AND METALLURGY. become sufficiently hard, the portions of wax which tem-porarily united the latter should be removed, and the sur-faces of the clasps and plate, where they unite with eachother, coated with borax ground in water to the consistencyof cream; small pieces of solder are then placed along thelines of contact, the investment heated in a furnace untilthe plate acquires full red hea
RM2CHWFFT–. Journal . mber is surmountedby a shaft of brickwork containing tin- ores, fuel, andfluxing materials, which are charged in from the top. Thereduction of the metal at first takes place on the hearthonly, but after a time it extends throughout the whole shaft.which is kept constantly full. Electric Fining Furnace. — The method of electricdistribution is similar to that described above. The finingfurnace, however, contains only molten metal, togetherwith the substances necessary for completing the elimina-tion of the non-metals, and the surface of the bath is keptat a sufficiently low level to
RM2CH21CC–. The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania, or, Its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, populary described . at prudence, watchfulness, and activity. Tosupply the furnace with fuel, a barrow, similar to the above, is em-ployed. A new furnace requires firing for two or three weeks beforethe rermlar charges of ore can be thrown in. After the stack andhearth-stone are sufficiently dry, the charges of ore are introduced insmall quantities, and are afterwards gradually increased. The furnace is always exposed, at the outlet, to the liability of chil-ling ; that is, the iron
RM2CDM7JB–. An introduction to practical pharmacy: designed as a text-book for the student, and as a guide to the physician and pharmaceutist. With many formulas and prescriptions . f heat c,which spreads the flame and preventsits contact with the dish, though brought closely together; the dia-phragm a may be omitted in using a gas furnace, as the flame isthen under control by regulating the jet. As several retort stands have already been shown in the lastchapter, and in that on displacement, and as the instrument as• commonly constructed is sufficiently familiar, I shall here confinemyself to describin
RM2CEPC8P–. The Encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information. d with the excess of oxygenand all the nitrogen of the air. On a small scale it is possible topush the decomposition as far as 00/? of the hydrochloric acid,but on the large scale only at most 60 % is reached. The mixtureof hydrochloric acid and air is taken directly from the decom-posing-pan of an ordinary salt-cake furnace, is first cooled downin pipes sufficiently to condense most of the moisture present 678 ALKALI MANUFACTURE (together with about 8% of the hydrochloric acid), and thenpassed t
RM2CGXKFN–. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . of a piston backward-, andforwards in a cylinder. By this meansit is readily shown that the heat inthe furnace can be transformed intoenergy that is sufficiently strong tomove the piston against the resistanceincident to the weight of the locomo-tive and the load to which it may beattached. of 120 stro per minute. I hat is, the piston movesfrom the 11 of the cylinder to tck end of the cylinder and returnsgain, thus travelingIgh 40 inches of space, for one rev-olution of the driving wheels. Th
RM2CHXWRN–. Book of home building and decoration, prepared in cooperation with and under the direction of the leading manufacturers of the country . in its economicaloperation. It is so easy to take it from room to room, wherever heat is desired,and there is no waste of fuel in heating unoccupied rooms. In the between-seasons it is just what is wanted to take off a chill that is not sufficiently pro-nounced to call for the operation of a large furnace or similar house-heating appara-tus; and on the coldest tlay it gives that extra degree of warmth that may be neededto make everything absolutely snug and
RM2CER41N–. Transactions - American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. tems haveto be considered. In determining the size stack to use, the engineer mustbe sure to build the chimney sufficiently large to take care of any addi-tional units to the boiler plant and at the same time, select the mosteconomical size for the operation of the boilers. The first thing there-fore to consider is the draft required. For general practice the assump-tions for draft losses are about as follows: Loss in boiler 0.3 in. Loss in furnace 0.5 in. Flues 0.05 in. for 100 ft. of flue plus right-a
RM2CETE3R–. Transactions. Two St„E Ws or DisIRIBDTob, at Righi Asolb i0 £ach .)74 MECHANICAL C BARGING OF THE MODERN BLAST-FURNACE. Fig. 13.. < Side View of Gas-Seal Cage. BPBOIAL FORMS 01 BLA8T-FURNA0H 0HAROIHO-APPARAT1 . 575 furnaces where it has been installed, it has reduced the slipsand prevented the irregular wear of the in-wall. There are in-dications thai it will show a marked saving in fuel; but thedata for comparison in this respect are not yet sufficiently com-plete for publication. If the present prospect t technical efficiency should be con-firmed by longer use, only one further improvem
RM2CEDAJ6–. Journal. t-inch flexible suctipipe from a trough running along the battiunder the car. The adaptation of ovens to the supply of lightigas h.vs been extended, but so far not neai.sufficiently. The heating of ovens by iiroducor blast furnace gas can be done quite satfactordy. and yet most of ovu plants consume thown high-grade gas. many of them taking twliole of it. Regenerative plants are still a sm.minority in this country, the value of gas a«by-product not being even yet fully recognised Economy has been effected in manv plantsmeans of door-Ufting winches attachetl to Irams and coke quenche
RM2CGW4CR–. Railway mechanical engineer . Fig. 11—Drop Hammer and Trii ing Press Making Large Nuts nuts, illustrpted, are made from cylindrical blanks of 3^in. round soft steel stock cut up in pieces 3-)^ in. long. Theblanks are heated in the furnace, shown in the rear of Fig.11, the drop hammer at the right having been equipped withthe two forming dies. When sufficiently hot, one of theblanks is placed in the bottom die and two or three strokesof the hammer give the nut its hexagonal shape, forming the. iize A B c 0 E F ^^ a ih s? Ii » I 4- N*^ ti 4 4 1% F i 4 tX 4 4 ^i- jr i 4 y 4j 4 4- iH /■ •»•
RMRD2DBG–. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. HOPS HOPS 383 the large, coarse leaves kept out and the clusters separated. The cost of picking averages about seventy-five cents per hundred pounds of green hops. Drying and baling. A hop-house or dry-house is a tight building with a large heater or furnace, fourteen to twenty feet above which is a slatted floor covered with open- meshed cloth. On this the hops are spread in a layer one to three feet deep, and kept at a temperature of 125° to 200° until sufficiently dry, a process that commonly requires about twelve hours. Ventilation is
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