. The railroad and engineering journal . 1 steamer Oberon. In this boiler it is claimed that very sat-isfactory results were obtained, and practically a perfectcombustion of the oil. The experiments were not continued, however, probablyowing to the high] price of oil at that time. It is to benoted, however, that these inventors first introduced nozzlesprinklers, to which a return has now been made aftertrying a number of other methods. The nozzle sprinkler of Korting, shown in fig. 22, wasintroduced in 1876, and was arranged to be used in boilerswithout any alteration of the fire-boxes. AH tha
. The railroad and engineering journal . 1 steamer Oberon. In this boiler it is claimed that very sat-isfactory results were obtained, and practically a perfectcombustion of the oil. The experiments were not continued, however, probablyowing to the high] price of oil at that time. It is to benoted, however, that these inventors first introduced nozzlesprinklers, to which a return has now been made aftertrying a number of other methods. The nozzle sprinkler of Korting, shown in fig. 22, wasintroduced in 1876, and was arranged to be used in boilerswithout any alteration of the fire-boxes. AH that wasnecessary was to fasten it to the side of the fire-door. Inthis device steam is admitted into the sprinkler throughthe opening A, and enters a compartment from which it. escapes through smaHholes in a copper tube~intothenozzle. Any condensed water is caught in a small, bell-shaped attachment, from which it may be drawn by thevalve C. The steam entering through this nozzle diaws in
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