Excerpt from The Tramway and Railway World, Vol. 17: A Review of Railway and Tramway Progress in Electric and Other Traction; January-June, 1905 It is well known, however, that the drying of sand in the usual pans, or hot plates, Sifting. Turning by hand, etc etc not only involves much very disagreeable work, but the sand thus treated is generally roasted, and its sharpness and utility greatly diminished, whilst sand dried With wind and a moderate temperature Will go farther and be much more effective. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.