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IT is my intention to prove to you on theoretical grounds, and also by experimental demonstration, in such a manner as will admit of no possible doubt, that the present accepted system of water heating, by gaseous or other fuel, is a very imperfect means for an end, and is, both in theory and practice, essentially faulty. My statements may appear bold, but I come prepared to prove them in a manner which I think none of you will question, as the matter admits of the simplest demonstration. I will, in the first place, boil a specified quantity of water in a flat-bottomed vessel of copper; the time required to boil this you will be able to take for yourselves, as the result will be vïsible by the discharge of a strong jet of steam from the boiler.
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Flame Contact, a New Departure in Water Heating 1 . Nature 34, 230–232 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/034230a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/034230a0