. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. by me has been adoptedat Closeburn, which, from a veryextensive experience, I have provedto be much superior to those in com-mon use. This kiln, which may bedesignated the Closeburn coal lime-kiln (Jig. 581.), is built in a similarsituation to the other. It is oval inground plan, both at top (Jig. 582.),ron coo and bottom (Jig. 583.),with doorsto th
. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. by me has been adoptedat Closeburn, which, from a veryextensive experience, I have provedto be much superior to those in com-mon use. This kiln, which may bedesignated the Closeburn coal lime-kiln (Jig. 581.), is built in a similarsituation to the other. It is oval inground plan, both at top (Jig. 582.),ron coo and bottom (Jig. 583.),with doorsto the fuel-chamber andash-pit ( ej), andan archedcover to thetop (Jig- ), whichmoves wheels,is drawn offand on by windlasses (A h) and hastwo small openings serving as chim-neys for the exit of the smoke (it).The height of the kiln is thirty-fivefeet: the short diameter at the fuel-chamber is twenty two inches ( ; at the height of twenty feetthe short diameter has gradually ex-tended to five feet (fig. 581.), andthis dimension is continued to thetop, where the oval is nine feet byfive feet (Jig. 582.). As the fuel-Chambex to this kiln is very broad in proportion to its depth, three separate doors or openings become.
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