. The Practical brick and tile book. sirable, forthe information of British colonists, that we should in-dicate the form of portable high-pressure steam enginemost usually employed for actuating such. It is that 236 RUDIMENTS OF Tire shown in fig. 20, being one of this class of enginesmanufactured by Cla3rton and Shuttle worth. Whenbricks, &c., are required for a special contract or someprivate work presenting but a terminable demand, such Fi^. 20. portable engines are the best and cheapest in ever^way; but, for a great and permanent brickmakiugestablishment, engines upon fixed bed-plates or f
. The Practical brick and tile book. sirable, forthe information of British colonists, that we should in-dicate the form of portable high-pressure steam enginemost usually employed for actuating such. It is that 236 RUDIMENTS OF Tire shown in fig. 20, being one of this class of enginesmanufactured by Cla3rton and Shuttle worth. Whenbricks, &c., are required for a special contract or someprivate work presenting but a terminable demand, such Fi^. 20. portable engines are the best and cheapest in ever^way; but, for a great and permanent brickmakiugestablishment, engines upon fixed bed-plates or foimda-tions are to be preferred. In concluding these notices of the apparatus of themechanical brick and tile maker, we must not omit tocall the readers attention to probably the greatest im-provement that has ever been made in the constructioD ART OF MAKING BRICKS AND TILES. 237 of kilns, for at once drying and burning brick, viz.,the patent brick-kiln of kiln is, in fact, an admirable adaptation to brick FUj. drying and burning of Siemenss regenerative principleof furnace, as will be apparent from the following Tig. 22.
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