Feed Water Heater.

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Patent for a new and improved water-heater. This design consists in "the combination of the supply-pipe, the supply-tank into which said pipe discharges, the said tank having a perforated bottom through which the water percolates, the vertically-divided cylinder forming the annular heating-chamber, the scatter-plates alternatingly located in diverse directions in said chamber, the said plates arranged to spray the water while heating as it falls from plate to plate, and the exhaust-steam pipe that discharges through an open port near the base of said annular heating-chamber" (lines 19-31).

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[2], 5 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Knox, George F. January 14, 1890.

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  • Knox, George F. Knox, G. F., of San Antonio, Texas, assignor of one-half to Edward F. Hoppe, of St. Louis, Missouri.

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Patent for a new and improved water-heater. This design consists in "the combination of the supply-pipe, the supply-tank into which said pipe discharges, the said tank having a perforated bottom through which the water percolates, the vertically-divided cylinder forming the annular heating-chamber, the scatter-plates alternatingly located in diverse directions in said chamber, the said plates arranged to spray the water while heating as it falls from plate to plate, and the exhaust-steam pipe that discharges through an open port near the base of said annular heating-chamber" (lines 19-31).

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[2], 5 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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"SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,530, dated January 14, 1890. Application filed April 4, 1889. Serial No. 305,917. (No model.)"

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  • January 14, 1890

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  • January 14, 1890

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  • April 4, 1889

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Knox, George F. Feed Water Heater., patent, January 14, 1890; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172267/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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