 ... down the side warmed by the adjacent kiln, for they were both in one block of building. But draw kilns are better suited for burning lias than flare kilns, as the heat is more uniformly distributed through the charge ; there is, therefore, less danger...  Transactions of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts - Page 26by Royal Scottish Society of Arts - 1864Full view - About this book
 | Andrew Ure - 1867 - 918 pages
...through the charge ; there is, therefore, less danger of over-burning the lower half and under-burning the upper. Each kiln held 100 tons of stone, and burnt...of stone, which produce 59'37 tons of quicklime, or 1,533 bushels of ground lime, enough for 400 cubic yards of concrete, when the ballast is moderately... | |
 | Frederick Rogers (architect.) - 1884 - 416 pages
...therefore less danger of oyer-burning the lower half and under-burning the upper. Each kiln contained 100 tons of stone and burnt 21 tons per diem. The two together produced 25 tons of quick lime every day, a quantity sufficent for about 97 cubic yards of mortar, and 170 cubic yards... | |
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