78 Of the Management of Fire 



It weighs 37 Ibs. avoirdupois ; and it contains, when 

 quite full, about 73 Ibs. avoirdupois, equal to 81 gallons 

 (wine-measure) of water. 



In two experiments with this boiler, which were both 

 made by myself, and in which attention was paid to every 

 circumstance that could tend to render them perfect, the 

 results were as follows: 



The following experiments were made with two cop- 

 per boilers (Nos. I and 2) nearly of the same dimen- 

 sions, in the kitchen of the Military Academy at Munich, 

 in the present improved state of that kitchen. These 

 boilers are round and deep, and weigh each about 62 Ibs. 

 avoirdupois. They belonged originally to the kitchen 

 of the House of Industry, being two of the eight boilers 

 which, in the first arrangement of that kitchen, were 

 heated by the same fire. 



