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DEVELOPMENTS IN OIL BURNING. 



and Howden forced-draft vessels fitted with this type of boiler. Figure 

 1 6 shows the arrangement adopted for the steamer Herman Frasch, of the 

 Union vSulphur Company, recently altered from coal to oil burning. This 

 vessel is now developing an indicated horse-power on less than a pound of oil. 



FLAT SPRAY ATOMIZERS. 



Mention has already been made of the special advantages of this 

 device, and the many forms of successful steam atomizers which give a flat 

 flame warrant the belief that there is a wide field awaiting a thoroughly 

 satisfactory flat spray mechanical atomizer. 



Fig. 17. — Pbabody Flat Spray Mechanical Atomizer. 



I have referred to a flat flame atomizer formed of two flat surfaces 

 pressed together, and another consisting of two round oil jets striking 



