Excerpt from Swingle's Catechism of Steam, Gas, and Electric EngineeringAns. From the furnace, located under the front end of the boiler, the gases pass under and along the sides of the shell, back to the rear end, the upper part of which is arched over. The route is here reversed, and the products of combustion return through the fines towards the front end and thence through the breeching into the stack.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.