A catechism on the combustion of coal and the prevention of smoke; a practical treatise . SHAKING GRATE, 257. -luo^jr the whole forming when in normal condition a flat surfacefor the fuel; 2, the frame carrying the rocking grates; 3,a connecting bar by which all the rocking-grate bars are17 258 COMBUSTION OF COAL. operated simultaneously; 4, a lever extending up into thecab for operating the grates; 5, a connecting link; 6, alever handle, removable; 7, a drop plate to facilitate clean-ing the fire box of unburned fuel, ashes, and clinkers; 8,drop-plate rod; 9, drop-plate crank; 10, drop-plate
A catechism on the combustion of coal and the prevention of smoke; a practical treatise . SHAKING GRATE, 257. -luo^jr the whole forming when in normal condition a flat surfacefor the fuel; 2, the frame carrying the rocking grates; 3,a connecting bar by which all the rocking-grate bars are17 258 COMBUSTION OF COAL. operated simultaneously; 4, a lever extending up into thecab for operating the grates; 5, a connecting link; 6, alever handle, removable; 7, a drop plate to facilitate clean-ing the fire box of unburned fuel, ashes, and clinkers; 8,drop-plate rod; 9, drop-plate crank; 10, drop-plate crankhandle; 11, drop-plate crank bearing. Q. How do anthracite and bituminous coals compare inevaporative power in locomotive practice ? It would naturally be expected that as anthracite isricher in carbon than the average quality of bituminouscoal (82 and 58 per cent, respectively, being the mean ofseveral analyses), anthracite coal should yield a higherevaporative duty. Service trials, however, prove that thedifference existing is wholly in favor of bituminous coal,fully bearing out the assertion freq
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