Specification of William Clark : smoke-consuming apparatus.

  • Clark, William.
Date:
1865
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Credit: Specification of William Clark : smoke-consuming apparatus. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Provisional Specification, A.D. ISGS.—N 1697. Clark's Improvements in Smoke-consuming Apparatus, of the furnace ; j?, door hermitically closing the ash-pit. From the foregoing it will be readily understood that the operation is continuous, and the chimney being closed the smoke is forced to enter the apparatus /, i, and is thence drawn in a pure state through pipe Z by means of the exhauster, where it 5 mixes with air and is forced to continue its circuit until it enters the furnace under the fire-bars for the purpose of maintaining and feeding the combustion ; a great economy in the fuel also results from the gases contained in the smoke being consumed in the furnace; increased|heat is also obtained, as with these improvements the smoke cannot escape into the atmosphere. LONDON: Printed by Geoege Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. 1865.