Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering . IRON. 91 again in October and November, during the season known as the Indian summer. Wood which hasbeen felled, and lopped, and barked in December and January, will be sufficiently seasoned to char inthe autumn following. After the logs have been arranged, as in the figures, around the three longstakes of ten or twelve feet in length, (which are to serve as a chimney,) and piled as evenly and com-pactly as possible, the whole pile must be covered to keep out the air. A site for a coaling improves 2355. by use,
Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering . IRON. 91 again in October and November, during the season known as the Indian summer. Wood which hasbeen felled, and lopped, and barked in December and January, will be sufficiently seasoned to char inthe autumn following. After the logs have been arranged, as in the figures, around the three longstakes of ten or twelve feet in length, (which are to serve as a chimney,) and piled as evenly and com-pactly as possible, the whole pile must be covered to keep out the air. A site for a coaling improves 2355. by use, for the charcoal and loam get trodden and mixed together, forming the best material for the cov-ering. On entirely new ground use must be had of sod. When covered, fire is applied, either throughthe top and suffered to fall through to the centre, where provision has been made of some light woodto catch readily, or through a horizontal flue left along the ground, which is closed at its entrance assoon as the fire has taken. For the first twelve hours the kiln must be closely watched, and, therefore,it is usual to light at daybreak. At the end of that period, or a little longer, according to the kind ofwood, its state of seasoning, and the skill of the collier, the fire will have taken sufficiently, and the topmay be covered in with dust and loam. From that time, it is better that the operation should proceedas gradually and slowly as possible. In three or four days the cover begins to shrink and fall in, andfresh watchfulness is required to stop every opening thus made, and eve
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