. Spons' dictionary of engineering, civil, mechanical, military, and naval; with technical terms in French, German, Italian, and Spanish . Clausthcii i?uriiace. Vertical Section. Clausthiii i, through Tuyere. The casing walls are of common masonry, but the interiorlining a is of fire-brick ; the bottom b and breast-stone c are ofsandstone, the breast-pan itself being supported by iron plates brasque of which it is formed extends under the front wallof the furnace into the interior, and a communication is thusestablished by which the metal and liquid slags can flow intothe pan e ; the tuy
. Spons' dictionary of engineering, civil, mechanical, military, and naval; with technical terms in French, German, Italian, and Spanish . Clausthcii i?uriiace. Vertical Section. Clausthiii i, through Tuyere. The casing walls are of common masonry, but the interiorlining a is of fire-brick ; the bottom b and breast-stone c are ofsandstone, the breast-pan itself being supported by iron plates brasque of which it is formed extends under the front wallof the furnace into the interior, and a communication is thusestablished by which the metal and liquid slags can flow intothe pan e ; the tuyeres/ are placed in the back wall, and have aslight inclination downward, and also towards each other. Attop, on a level with the charging hole, the form of this furnaceis circular ; at the level of the tuyeres it is a parallelogram,with truncated angles ; and at the ÌDottom, a square. The dis-tance between the back and front walls is, at the tuyeres, 4 ft.,and the width, 2 ft. 6 in. The diameter of the charging hole is 2 ft. This furnace is fed through the back by the opening g^ and the small aperture h enables theworkmen to insta
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