"Rail travel at high speeds is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia."
Dionysius Lardner, Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy at University College, London ; 1830
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4351251 | Combustion apparatus A combustion apparatus which has a burner having an inner wall lined with a refractory material forming a combustion chamber and an outer wall spaced from the inner wall by spacing members. A primary air supply supplies air to the burner combustion chambe... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4337030 | Solid fuel fired kiln A fuel burning kiln and process especially adapted for utilizing solid fuel in which one or more burners are accommodated within the kiln and a fuel and air mixture and a supplementary air supply are supplied to the combustion chamber of the burner throug... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4273527 | Multiple fuel burning system for furnaces or the like A multiple fuel burning system that may be employed in conjunction with a furnace includes a first annular tubular conduit connected to a source of pressurized fluid and a second annular conduit concentric with the first annular tubular conduit and couple... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4270895 | Swirl producer A fuel-staging burner assembly and method in which a burner nozzle has separate, concentrically disposed elements to burn coarse and fine coal particles under different combustion conditions to reduce the production of nitrogen oxides from the combustion ... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4140067 | Furnace control system A furnace control system to control burner operation of a multifuel furnace to reduce primary fuel consumption of either oil or gas of the multifuel furnace. The system controls a primary fuel to initially kindle a secondary fuel when the fire reaches a s... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4063522 | Burner installation in a steam generator with firing means for pulverized coal and gas Burner installation in a steam generator having means for firing pulverized coal as well as gas, includes a combustion chamber of substantially rectangular cross section, at least three pulverized coal-burners disposed mutually adjacent one another in cro... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4032287 | Combination burner A combination burner has a burner pipe for pulverized fuel beside a burner chamber for fluid fuel. A plurality of retractable nozzles mounted in a retractable housing inside the chamber are connected to a plurality of fluid fuel sources. Primary air may b... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4030889 | Carbon black reactor with adjustable flame length The flame length in axial direction of a tubular carbon black reactor is made adjustable by providing a means to adjust the pivot angle between the direction of the longitudinal axis and the axis of a fuel gas or fuel oil discharge nozzle of a burner.... | 06/21/1977 |