Excerpt from Illustrated General Catalogue of the Buffalo Steel Plate Steam and Pulley Fans, Horizontal and Upright Steam Engines, Hot Blast Steam Heating Apparatus, Blowers and Exhausters, Disk Ventilating Fans, Hand and Power Blacksmith Drills<br><br>The engraving appearing on the succeeding page illustrates a type of fan constructed with Single Verti cal Enclosed Engine for the United States Steamer Galena. These machines were used for forced draft under the boilers, and the conditions of application were such that it. Was necessary to build four blowers in two sizes, in order to accomplish the desired results in the peculiar space at command for the position of the fans.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.