Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts . r j. Fosters Brick-Kiln, represented in Figs. 2520, 2521, and 2522, is constructed according to Colassprinciple. The kiln consists of one long parallel chamber a, into which the bricks are passed on 216 KILN. iron wagons having fire-clay tops c ; these wagons are constructed to fit the sides of the kiln as atdef so as to be as air-tight as practicable up each side. When in operation, the burning part occu-pies by preference the centre of the kiln, the fires being stationary in the side
Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts . r j. Fosters Brick-Kiln, represented in Figs. 2520, 2521, and 2522, is constructed according to Colassprinciple. The kiln consists of one long parallel chamber a, into which the bricks are passed on 216 KILN. iron wagons having fire-clay tops c ; these wagons are constructed to fit the sides of the kiln as atdef so as to be as air-tight as practicable up each side. When in operation, the burning part occu-pies by preference the centre of the kiln, the fires being stationary in the sides of the kiln at /, asshown in Figs. 2521 and 2522, fuel being fed in from the top. A progressive motion is given asrequired to the wagons containing the bricks, from some suitable motive power. The chamber may 2r,26.
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