Image:Puddling furnace.jpg

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Schematic drawing of a puddling furnace.

A, the hearth; F. the grate or fireplace; C, the chimney with a damper at the summit to regulate the draught; D, a bridge separating the grate from the hearth, for preventing the direct contact of the fuel with the iron.

Found on the web at http://www.mspong.org/cyclopedia/metallurgy_pics.html

Scanned from The Household Cyclopedia by Henry Hartshorne, 1881.


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