Old Coal firing techniques

I acquired a book recently and it had some interesting articles on coal firing and stoker operation. I'm not sure where exactly to post these so I'll give this a shot since it has to do with bit coal more than anthracite.
Hope you all enjoy.

nice find! thanks

Boilermaker, although i would love to host those images due to copyrights I can't allow them. I removed them to protect myself and you, you're more responsible for the files you upload here than I am if you're wondering. If you can obtain permission from the copyright owner you're welcome to upload them again.

Just a little background but as soon as an original work is generated its instantly copyrighted, it doesn't have to be registered or even published. These copyrights last for many years and in some cases beyond a century. I think it's something like the lifetime of the author plus 50 years. The only time you can use copyrighted material is if it falls under fair use which is pretty limited, for example you'd be able to quote a few sentences in the book if it pertained to the discussion, copying entire pages would not be fair use in most cases.

Thanks!
I had no idea. I'll look into it more and see what I can do for the rest of the gang. Perhaps I could share them in some other way....like email or something (as long as they're not published publicly).
In the mean time, sorry gang. I'll work on getting the permission needed.

Richard S.
I wrote to Popular Mechanics for permission to allow these 1949 articles to be published. Let's hope they give me the go ahead. If they do - I will send you a copy of the email indicating their permission sent to me (assuming they give it) and you can decide from there.
Sorry about that. I was so excited about finding these great old articles that I didn't even stop and think. Duh!

Doug

Mark Twain wrote some very angry pieces about how short copyrights lasted, how he couldn't pass on his intellectual property to future generations of his family. It sounds like things have improved -- maybe gone too far -- since his day.

Hello,
I realize this is quite an old post to reply to, but as I was going through the "archives" I ran across this post. Through a bit of research I have tried to do in Google Books, I have run across some old articles that may be the same as those originally posted, but do not know. Since these are subject to copyright agreements made by Google and many publishers, I suppose that posting links to these legally available to the public works, would not violate any applicable laws and the said consequences to posters or moderators. If I am wrong, please delete the posts and edit as you see fit.


Hand Firing with Coal, Popular Mechanics, Dec. 1943, p116.
http://books.google.com/books?id=S9YDAA ... rea&f=true

Stoves That Eat Their Own Smoke, Popular Mechanics, Nov. 1949, p115.
http://books.google.com/books?id=WdkDAA ... ce&f=false

How to Burn Soft Coal, Popular Mechanics, March 1926, p505.
http://books.google.com/books?id=PdgDAA ... &q&f=false

Slashing Your Coal Bills, Popular Science, Jan. 1928, p60.
http://books.google.com/books?id=fycDAA ... ce&f=false

Five Ways of Save Fuel in Heating Houses, Popular Science, Nov. 1918, p114.
http://books.google.com/books?id=FCkDAA ... ce&f=false

Improving Your Hot Air Furnace, Popular Mechanics, Dec. 1926, p1045.
http://books.google.com/books?id=pdgDAA ... ace&f=true

The Shipshape Home: Getting More Heat from Your Furnace, Popular Science, Feb. 1928, p94.
http://books.google.com/books?id=VycDAA ... ace&f=true

Don't Pour Coal Up The Chimney, Popular Mechanics, Aug. 1946, p89.
http://books.google.com/books?id=7eEDAA ... &q&f=false

"Reading" You Stoker Fire, Popular Mechanics, Nov. 1945, p98.
http://books.google.com/books?id=p98DAA ... &q&f=false

Possibly I spend too much time on Google and this site, but I have always had a fascination with coal, and the industries that were tied to it since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

That's the best stuff I read tonight

Thank-you!

Out of all those articles I am familiar with the last one about stoker fire. I have it saved on my computer and have referred to it for some time now...It's a good one.
Thanks for posting the links.

Great links!

Thanks for posting them. I have read a few of them before but they are still as relevent as ever.