[Stoves] Having correctlness in NAMES
ajheggie at gmail.com
ajheggie at gmail.com
Sun Feb 28 16:03:59 CST 2016
[Default] On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 08:07:27 -0500,Paul Anderson
<psanders at ilstu.edu> wrote:
>I request from Andrew any links or other guidance to the mentioned
>specific open pit method of Jo(h)n Evelyn in 1862. (There are many
>general references found by searching with Google.)
Paul I found my reference to it in a post in the archive of September
2002:SIMPLE CHARCOAL MAKER... SMOKY?
In fact I was rather optimistic at that stage for our Charcoal Heat
and Power project :-(.
I know there was an earlier discussion but this was a development of
using a fire in a can with a slit/flap cut in the side for loading, it
could be rotated to control the burn and finally snuff the fire.
The Sylva reference is 1682 and in chapter 4 Evelyn describes making
"small coals" fro bavins made from the smaller branches and twigs left
over. He describes setting fire to dry bavins on a level hearth and
flaring off the volatiles prior to quenching the heap with water.
I cannot find the first reference I saw to doing the same in a pit but
at the time of our discussion there was a picture of a trench made by
a Drott with shallow entry and exit ramps, the story was the fire was
set and continuously loaded with brush wood, when the char filled the
pit to near the surface it was covered with corrugated tin sheet and
then sealed with earth.
A saw miller near my home used dry offcuts in a 205 littre barrel
which he kept filled as the char shrunk to the bottom, he kept the
flame going until the barrel was nearly full then he topped it off
with layers of newspapers and then sealed the lid. When he opened the
lid after it had cooled one could still read the newsprint on the
charred paper.
AJH
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