Popular science monthly . Mirrors Installed in the Managers OfficeAre So Adjusted as to Enable Him to Seethe Smoke Stacks and Gage the Densityof the Smoke from a Chart Hung Nearby 378 his desk which blows an automo-bile horn which is located in the engineroom. This serves to wake up the fireman,who immediately proceeds to give thefurnace more air, and turnson steam-air jets whichstop the smoke almostinstantly, by burn-ing the rich gasesfrom the fuel bedwhich wouldothenvise go towaste. Themanager con-t i n u e s tooperate thebutton on hisdesk untilthe faithfulmirrors reportthat the smokeis redu
Popular science monthly . Mirrors Installed in the Managers OfficeAre So Adjusted as to Enable Him to Seethe Smoke Stacks and Gage the Densityof the Smoke from a Chart Hung Nearby 378 his desk which blows an automo-bile horn which is located in the engineroom. This serves to wake up the fireman,who immediately proceeds to give thefurnace more air, and turnson steam-air jets whichstop the smoke almostinstantly, by burn-ing the rich gasesfrom the fuel bedwhich wouldothenvise go towaste. Themanager con-t i n u e s tooperate thebutton on hisdesk untilthe faithfulmirrors reportthat the smokeis reduced tobelow theobjcc-tionable firemen inthis plant are sup-plied with an open-ing in the roof of the)oiler-room to enablethem to see the top ofthe stack, and if theyget careless and fail tokeep the smoke withinlaw regulations, themanager proceeds toregulate things himself)y pressing the button,.liter determining justu)w much regulating isnecessary by looking inlis mirrors. The ])lan has provedentirely feasible
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