. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. tSgo. The American Florist. 307 \^^PRO\ltW\t^"\ \H GRtt^HOViSt VLVitS. rcliini pipe, li, starts I'roin the bottom of the small tank, g, which may be placed at any convenient point on the bench. It drops some 18 inches and makes a bend to the front having a gradnal fall to the point i, where it makes a turn into the flue at the bottom. After entering the pipe makes another turn along the bottom of flue still falling to the point j, running 10 feet within the flue, then rises and turns back along top of
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. tSgo. The American Florist. 307 \^^PRO\ltW\t^"\ \H GRtt^HOViSt VLVitS. rcliini pipe, li, starts I'roin the bottom of the small tank, g, which may be placed at any convenient point on the bench. It drops some 18 inches and makes a bend to the front having a gradnal fall to the point i, where it makes a turn into the flue at the bottom. After entering the pipe makes another turn along the bottom of flue still falling to the point j, running 10 feet within the flue, then rises and turns back along top of flue to k, leaving flue at that point by a turn and short rise. Bending again the pipe con- tinues to rise to the tank as shown; this portion being the flow. A coil. 1, 1, Fig. 2, is inserted in the flow and in this there is a turn for 12 feet back, then 12 for- ward, 6 back and 6 forward and up to tank. In this water-back we have a perfect circulation of water. The hotter the furnace the greater the circulation and the more heat conve^'ed from the furnace to the other end of the house. The whole arrangement is made out of 1-inch wrought iron pipe with the appropriate couplings and ])ut together by ourselves, the plumlier near by cutting the pipe for us. The pi])e was second hand and cost but 6c per foot. The tank is a 15-gallon paint keg cut off" at top to fit in under the glass. The whole arrangement did not cost $3 and theresult is ver\-satisfactory. Before the pii)es were put in there was a differ- ence in temperature between the two ends of houseof 15° to20°on cold nights. Now there is practically a uniform tem- perature excepting immediately near the furnace. Besides it gives us a verj' uni- form and gentle bottom heat for our cut- ting bench along its entire length. I believe this principle is capable of extended application. It is obvious that the pipes can be led to any point of a house and in any man- ner desired having the coil or coils where they will best eq
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