THE GLAF^GOW BOILEU, 
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THE GLASGOW BOILER. 
CCOMPANYING these remarks are 
figures which represent the form of 
the Glasgow Boiler, as seen from the 
front and the back. It will be observed that 
it is virtually a flued saddle-boiler, and there¬ 
fore, as every gardener of experience knows. 
ing figures—are the invention of Mr. Eobert 
Bulleu, the Curator of the Eoyal Botanic 
Gai’den, Glasgow, who states that they can¬ 
not be equalled for economy and power. To 
the establishment under Mr. Bullen’s charge we 
learn that they have proved a great boon both 
Glasgow Boilfh : back view. 
must be, if well set, eflicient for the heating as regards economy of fuel, and comfort to those 
of a hot-water apparatus, which does not over- who have to do the stoking. One of their 
tax its capacity. These boilers, which are merits is that they will consume the commonest 
Glasgow Boiler front view. 
made of various sizes, and of two forms—one 
continuous beneath, and thus having a con¬ 
tained ash-pit, the other arched, with the sides 
set on brick, as shown in the accompany- 
description of fuel, and another that they do 
not get fouled, as the flues can be as easily 
brushed out as the shelves of an ordinary 
kitchen oven. The advantages claimed for 
