. Supplement to Spons dictionary of engineering, civil, mechanical, military, and naval. th certain modifications in the construction and arrange-ment of the flues, for the purpose of utilizing the waste gases for the heating of the boilers B. Theovens O are 11 ft. in diameter and 8 ft. high at the crown, the floor having a fall of about COKE OVENS. 417 9 in. from back to front; they are built in double rows, back to back as usual, but the fluesF between them are much larger, averaging 6 ft. 6 in. in height by 3 ft. 6 in. in width. Toeach chimney C, of 120 ft. in height, about 100 ovens are co
. Supplement to Spons dictionary of engineering, civil, mechanical, military, and naval. th certain modifications in the construction and arrange-ment of the flues, for the purpose of utilizing the waste gases for the heating of the boilers B. Theovens O are 11 ft. in diameter and 8 ft. high at the crown, the floor having a fall of about COKE OVENS. 417 9 in. from back to front; they are built in double rows, back to back as usual, but the fluesF between them are much larger, averaging 6 ft. 6 in. in height by 3 ft. 6 in. in width. Toeach chimney C, of 120 ft. in height, about 100 ovens are connected, an equal number oneach side, and the flues and boilers B, four in number, are so arranged that the heat can becarried past when cleaning or repairs are requisite, the small connecting flues D being built ascompact and tight as possible, and thus freedom from smoke is obtained, owing to the air-tight character of the flues,the small amount of airpresent in excess notcooling the gases belowa point at which the hy-drocarbons escape im-perfectly burnt. Thishas been tested by ad-.
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