. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . smokeless or as smokingbadly,and they arrived at the conclusion that themost important thing to be done to makean efficient and smokeless furnace is prop-er firing. Any and all mechanical appli-ances are insufficient to prevent smoke ifthe air supply is not exactly right, whilethe ordinary plain grate works admirablywith intelligent firing. The generally the locomotive superintendents who firsttook the lead in applying smoke prevent-ers to locomotives. His device was ap-plied to the furnaces of various f
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . smokeless or as smokingbadly,and they arrived at the conclusion that themost important thing to be done to makean efficient and smokeless furnace is prop-er firing. Any and all mechanical appli-ances are insufficient to prevent smoke ifthe air supply is not exactly right, whilethe ordinary plain grate works admirablywith intelligent firing. The generally the locomotive superintendents who firsttook the lead in applying smoke prevent-ers to locomotives. His device was ap-plied to the furnaces of various factoriesin a large Scotch manufacturing town,with the result that smoke was entirelyprevented, except a small puff that wouldcome out during the time of firing. Theinvention was so simple that it was easilymanaged by firemen, and was rather anaid than otherwise to them in doing thework. Very careful tests were made of itby certain intelligent engineers, and theyreported that the smoke preventer was en-tirely satisfactory, except that it increasedthe consumption of coal 7 or 8 per .\ I wo Foul (...\; LIUl Bl,)!. B.\I)KK, 1-ESTIMOC. WALES. gent work and intelligent supervision ofthe fire to the smallest limits. The effortsof some of the improved combustion andpmoke-preventing experts seem to prom-ise the elimination of intelligent firemenialtogether, and promise to make any manwho can shovel coal tfqual to any otherman with the physical strength necessaryto do the work. The furnace attachmentsand fuel apparatus devised to bring aboutthis comfortable state of affairs have beensuccessively applied and always foundWanting, until nowadays, when peoplehave learned pretty well what everythingin the line of mechanical appliances willdo to promote good firing, and whereinthe personal equation is strongest, theyhave settled down to depend upon the manand doubt the utility of the apparatus. prevalent opinion that there is a great lossof fuel in smoke is incorrect, as even i
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