A supplement to Ures Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. . at by pipes, as inthe hot-water oven, it is the smoke and hot air of the furnace which, circulating throughfan-shaped flues, ramifying under the floor, and spreading over the roof of the oven, impartto it the requisite temperature. The floor of the oven, on which the loaves are deposited,consists of glazed tiles, and it can thus be kept perfectly clean. The distinctive characterof M. Hollands oven, however, is that the glazed tiles just spoken of rest upon a rev
A supplement to Ures Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. . at by pipes, as inthe hot-water oven, it is the smoke and hot air of the furnace which, circulating throughfan-shaped flues, ramifying under the floor, and spreading over the roof of the oven, impartto it the requisite temperature. The floor of the oven, on which the loaves are deposited,consists of glazed tiles, and it can thus be kept perfectly clean. The distinctive characterof M. Hollands oven, however, is that the glazed tiles just spoken of rest upon a revolvingplatform, which the workman gradually, or from time to time, moves round by means of asmall handle, and without effort. Figures 70 to 85 represent the construction and appearance of M. Piollands oven on areduced scale. 80. Front elevation. Vertical section through the axis of the , ditto. Elevation of one of the vertical of the floors. 81. Plan of the first floor. 82. Plan of the sole. 83. Plan of the second floor. 84. Plan of the fire-grate and flues. 85. Plan of the portion under When the oven has to be charged, the workman deposits the first loaves, by means of ashort peel, upon tliat part of the revolving platform which lies before the mouth of the oven,and when that portion is filled, he gives a turn witli the handle, and proceeds to put theloaves in the fresh space thus presented Ijctbre him, and so on, until the whole is fitted door is then closed through an opening covered with glass, and reserved in the wall ofthe oven, which is lighted up with a jet of gas, or by opening the door from time to time,the progress of the baking may be watched ; if it appears too rapid on one point, or tooslow on another, the journeyman can, by means of the handle, bring the loaves successivelyto the hottest part of tlie oven, and vice versa, as occasion may r((|uire. The ovc-n is pro-vided with a thermometer, and, in an experiment wit
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