Letters in proof of the efficacy and economy of John Parkes and Sons' patent smoke-consumer.

  • John Parkes and Sons.
Date:
[1822?]
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Credit: Letters in proof of the efficacy and economy of John Parkes and Sons' patent smoke-consumer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LETTERS, &c. TO SPINNERS, PRINTERS, BLEACHERS, CLOTHIERS, DYERS, DISTILLERS, RECTIFIERS, BREW- ERS, MINERS, AND ALL MANUFACTURERS using Steam Boilers for engines or OTHER PURPOSES. In recommending the adoption of their Patent Smoke-Consu- mer, Messrs. John Parkes and Sons refer with great satisfaction, in testimony of its success and advantages, to those ^manufacturers and proprietors of steam-engines whose names and letters are an* nexed. The system they have introduced is found correct in prin¬ ciple, efficacious in practice, and simple in its management ; combin¬ ing with the consumption of smoke, a considerable saving of fuel, and extreme regularity in the production and maintenance of steam. The saving of fuel has been proved, not only by practical experi¬ ence at numerous works, but also by comparative experiments on the evaporation of water from steam boilers, conducted at several eminent establishments, with the most scrupulous atten¬ tion to accuracy. The results of these experiments are arranged in a table, and will soon be published in one of the scientific journals, with the view of showing that, upon the strictest trials to which the system can be subjected, ample proof has been obtained that smoke can be effectually and economically destroyed. The successful removal of the nuisance by this simple plan cannot perhaps be more sufficiently proved, than by its extensive applica¬ tion to engines employed in mining operations, and also to the fires of hot-houses, drying-houses, &c., contiguous to private dwellings. Its use is not limited to steam-boilers; but is extended, with equal benefit, to stills, soapery fires, dye, salt, and glue vessels, drying- house and hot-house stoves, press ovens, firing-stoves, and various