Brookfield using coal to fire glass furnace

[Trade Journal]

Publication: The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal

London, England
vol. 14, no. 208, p. 583,584, col. 1,1

NOTES OF THE WEEK.

Melting Glass. — Experiments have been tried in the United States of melting glass by the use of anthracite coal as fuel. A Mr. Brookfield is now running his large eight-pot furnace with no other fuel than anthracite coal. The time required to make a melt with wood is from fourteen to sixteen hours; but with, coal a melt is now made in ten and eleven hours, thus making a great saving, and consuming only between 2 1/2 and 3 tons of coal. This is one of the greatest discoveries that has been made in the manufacture of glass

Keywords:	Brookfield
Researcher notes:
Supplemental information:	Patent: 9,789 Article: 10813
Researcher:	Bob Stahr
Date completed:	June 26, 2010 by: Bob Stahr;