The book The School House ; Its Heating And Ventilation was written by author Moore, Joseph Augustus, 1844- Here you can read free online of The School House ; Its Heating And Ventilation book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The School House ; Its Heating And Ventilation a good or bad book?
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Section 83 of Chapter 102 of the Revised Laws of Massachu- setts, relative to the licensing of engineers and firemen, is as fol- lows : ^' The horse-power of a boiler shall be ascertained upon the basis of three horse-power for each square foot of grate surface, for a power boiler, and on the basis of one and one-half horse- power for each square foot of grate surface, if the boiler is used for heating purposes exclusively. The engine power shall be reckoned upon a basis of a mean effective pre...ssure of forty pounds per square inch of piston for a simple engine ; fifty pounds for a condensing engine ; and seventy pounds for a compound engine, reckoned upon area of high pressure piston.'* A pound of coal when properly burned g'ives from 13,000 to 14,000 B.T.U. In actual practice, however, only 40 to 50 per cent of this is obtainable as effective in furnaces. THE SCHOOL HOUSE. 75 In good mill practice one pound of coal, when well burned, will give from 8,000 to 9,000 B.T.U., and 12 pounds of hard coal burned per hour per square foot of grate surface is considered ordinary practice.
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