Pneumatic Oven for Drying Silk Cocoons
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A short 1872 engineering journal article describing a pneumatic oven for stifling and drying silk cocoons, an apparatus devised by Professor Castrogiovanni and reported by George Latham at Trieste. It compares hot-air and steam methods of treating cocoons and explains the oven's parts: a water reservoir heated by a small furnace, a counterweighted metal bell with exhaust cock and thermometer, and two trays on rails. It also gives operating details such as the 100° thermometer reading and 15-20 minutes of exposure, and claims better silk quality and colour. A cutaway engraving illustrates the apparatus.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- January 19, 1872
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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