KILNS WITH WOOD PILED HOEIZONTALLY. 



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The size of the kiln shoukl also be considered, its breadth 

 being the length of the pieces of wood and its length varying, 

 (usually 13 to 20 feet, but often 25 to 40 and even, according to 

 V. Berg, 60 feet). The site should be a long rectangle, the 

 longer side of which has a slight gradient. 



Fig. 315. 



(iii) In piling the wood, the first point is to make the base of the 

 kiln ; it consists of three long straight poles which are placed on 

 the ground at equal intervals, lengthways as regards the kilns 



(fig. 315, m m). At the lower end of the kiln stout stakes are 

 driven into the ground (figs. 315, 316, p j9 jj), and the piling 

 commences against these stakes. As in the figures, the thickest 

 wood is placed in the middle of the kiln and near its upper 

 extremity, while the smaller pieces are placed above, below and 

 at its foot. 



The wood should, in this case also, be piled as closely as 



