Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1895 — An Old Boiler. [ARTICLE]

An Old Boiler.

A tubular boiler, 1,800 years old, has been discovered at Pompeii. It Is made of sheet metal, probably copper, In the shape of a large amphorn, or two-han-dled jar, with n hollow space running half way up the center of the Jar., In this space was placed a cylindrical firebox resting on live Are bars, which art tubes three-quarters of an inch In diameter, connecting with the water space. The fuel seems to have been charcoal.