. The railroad and engineering journal . more & Ohio shops atthat point is to be transferred to Brunswick (old Berlin), wherethe Company has purchased a large tract of land. Brunswickwill be known as the drilling ground, as all freight trainsfor Washington, Locust Point, Hagerstown, and all points onthe Valley Railroad, will be made up there. The Gesner Rust-Proof Process. The rust-proof process invented by Mr. G. W. Gesner, ofNew York, has passed the experimental stages, and the inventorhas for some time past had a plant in practical operation InSouth Brooklyn, where a large number of article
. The railroad and engineering journal . more & Ohio shops atthat point is to be transferred to Brunswick (old Berlin), wherethe Company has purchased a large tract of land. Brunswickwill be known as the drilling ground, as all freight trainsfor Washington, Locust Point, Hagerstown, and all points onthe Valley Railroad, will be made up there. The Gesner Rust-Proof Process. The rust-proof process invented by Mr. G. W. Gesner, ofNew York, has passed the experimental stages, and the inventorhas for some time past had a plant in practical operation InSouth Brooklyn, where a large number of articles have beentreated. In this process. It is claimed, no scale or coating isformed, but the body of the surface is converted into a compoundof iron, hydrogen and carbon, which will not oxidize, andthoroughly protects the article treated. Moreover, there is noalteration of form, distortion, or warping during the process. The accompaning engraving shows a half front view and ahalf section of Mr. Gesners furnace, from which its construc-. THE GESNER RUST-PROOF FURNACE. tlon can be clearly seen. It consists substantially of a benchof two ordinary gas retorts placed side by side in a furnaceheated by a grate. The process itself is conducted In the fol-lowing manner : The retort being carried to a temperature of1,000 to 1,200 F., as may be determined by the character ofthe articles to be treated, the latter are introduced by meansof a crane and pulley, care being taken that they do not touchone another. After closing and testing the retort, the heatingcontinues for about 20 minutes. Then steam is introduced intowhat Mr. Gesner calls a hydrogen generator, shown in thedrawings. It is a simple pipe, open at the rear end. Mr. Ges-ner claims that in the passage of the steam through this genera-tor hydrogen Is generated, which fills the retort. This opera-tion goes on for 35 minutes, at the end of which time half a pintof naphtha Is permitted to flow into the retort for 10 flow o
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