Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1917 — Boilers Need Another Gauge. [ARTICLE]

Boilers Need Another Gauge.

From the standpoint of the plantowners whose money is being spent, the question of the true'method “of” fuel economically probably is most vital, and yet, strange to say, it is one that rema Ins most frequently unsolved; It is regarded aSeminently proper to provide each boiler with a pressure gauge, so that the firemen may at any time know tire exact boiler pressurebut it is not thought necessary to furnish them with a telltale to indicate the state of combustion. And as a result, the average boiler plant usually wastes from 5 to 25 per cent—sometimes more—of its coal. —Engineering Magazine.