. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ng called a spark arrester, simply■a front end designed to remedy thewaste of fuel, the nuisance from fire,smoke and cinders by burning them inthe firebox and creating real heat car-bon dioxide gas. The specification forMikado type engine, 27 ins. x 30 , is a stack with choke at theexit; 17 ins. diameter at choke, 19 line of smokebox, an extension insmokebox 12 ins. with 24 ins. nozzle, an even taper, no bridge orobstructions of any kind to deflect theexhaust. Tip
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ng called a spark arrester, simply■a front end designed to remedy thewaste of fuel, the nuisance from fire,smoke and cinders by burning them inthe firebox and creating real heat car-bon dioxide gas. The specification forMikado type engine, 27 ins. x 30 , is a stack with choke at theexit; 17 ins. diameter at choke, 19 line of smokebox, an extension insmokebox 12 ins. with 24 ins. nozzle, an even taper, no bridge orobstructions of any kind to deflect theexhaust. Tip of nozzle 7 ins. Diaphragm plate all in point ofsteam pipes and giving an area behindit equal to the area in front, therebygiving equal draft through all the plate to have extended wings withangle irons for the slide plate and theplate to have a central extension witha slot and bolt for adjustment. Rule for setting and adjusting: Setthe plate at a point equal in area tolargest portion of stack and if enginetears the fire at front part of firebox orthrows any live spark lower the plate. why it is that for every dollars worth ofcoal we use about 25 cents worth of steamgoes to the cylinders and 75 cents worthgoes up the stack, and also why a greatmany of our engines have back pressureand compression equal to mean effectivepressure. J. A. , Colo. FRONT END DESIGN. until the fire burns strongest under thedoor. Note that this is opposite to the ruleusually given for this trouble and that thestack is virtually an inverted bottle. To write an explanation of this in
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