e two factors acting toward the decrease in the efficiency of a
boiler with an increase in the capacity.
TABLE 59
TESTS OF BABCOCK & WILCOX BOILERS WITH VARIOUS FUELS
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|Number| | | | Rated |
| of | Name and Location | Kind of Coal | Kind of | Horse |
| Test | of Plant | | Furnace |Power of|
| | | | | Boiler |
| | | | | |
|______|___________________________|________________|_________|________|
| |Susquehanna Coal Co., |No. 1 Anthracite|Hand | |
| 1 |Shenandoah, Pa. |Buckwheat |Fired | 300 |
|______|___________________________|________________|_________|________|
| |Balbach Smelting & |No. 2 Buckwheat |Wilkenson| |
| 2 |Refining Co., Newark, N. J.|and Bird's-eye | Stoker | 218 |
|______|___________________________|________________|_________|________|
| |H. R. Worthington, |No. 2 Anthracite|Hand | |
| 3 |Harrison N. J. |Buckwheat |Fired | 300 |
|______|___________________________|________________|_________|________|
| |Raymond Street Jail, |Anthracite Pea |Hand | |
| 4 |Brooklyn, N. Y. | |Fired | 155 |
|______|___________________________|________________|_________|________|
| |R. H. Macy & Co., |No. 3 Anthracite|Hand | |
| 5 |New York, N. Y. |Buckwheat |Fired | 293 |
|______|___________________________|________________|_________|________|
| |National Bureau of |Anthracite Egg |Hand | |
| 6 |Standards, Washington, D.C.| |Fired | 119 |
|______|___________________________|________________|_________|________|
| |Fred. Loeser & Co., |No. 1 Anthracite|Hand | |
| 7 |Brooklyn, N. Y. |Buckwheat |Fired | 300 |
|______|___________________________|________________|_________|________|
| |New York Edison Co., |No. 2 Anthracite|Hand | |
| 8 |New York City |Buckwheat |Fired | 374 |
|______|___________________________|________________|_________
|