The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . But youwant it with the least care and leastcoal expenditure—thats the otherside. Every boiler man claims his isthe wonder of the age—themodern coal saver. Who andwhat can you believe ?—thats thequestion. Dont believe—settle itfor yourself—settle it by commonsense deduction. Lets take the kitchen range andthe tea kettle for a talking compari-son. First, theres the fire itself; if itis shallow, it needs constant atten-tion or it dies down; so is it onlycommon sense that a boiler musthave a deep fire pot if you want thefire to keep humming
The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . But youwant it with the least care and leastcoal expenditure—thats the otherside. Every boiler man claims his isthe wonder of the age—themodern coal saver. Who andwhat can you believe ?—thats thequestion. Dont believe—settle itfor yourself—settle it by commonsense deduction. Lets take the kitchen range andthe tea kettle for a talking compari-son. First, theres the fire itself; if itis shallow, it needs constant atten-tion or it dies down; so is it onlycommon sense that a boiler musthave a deep fire pot if you want thefire to keep humming long intervalswithout attention. The Burnhamsmade that way. Then there are the so-called in-direct surfaces; which in a teakettle is the jJart coming in contactwith the flame—you know that thebroader the bottom and shallowerthe water in a kettle, the morequickly it heats up. Exactly thesame principle, in modified form,applies to an economical boiler. With the Burnham boiler theretimes more fire surface in proportion LORD & BURNHAM And so this is the tea kettle.
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