AbstractsEngineering

In the investigation of this problem the major part of the time was spent in the construction, erection and adaptation of the required equipment to incineration of waste liquor. A great deal of space could be filled describing the various mechanical difficulties encountered; for example, considerable time was spent in attempting to adapt a belt and pulley auxiliary drive mechanism to rotate the furnace. This was eventually scrapped and a chain and sprocket drive used. It is deemed advisable, however, to omit such descriptive details from this treatise, as they would be uninteresting and of minor value to future readers. [...]