Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1861)
Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1852, D. Appleton & Co.) · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 148
een found to perform well, and is, in everyrespect, satisfactory. The tubes are of iron, 3inches in diameter, and 6 feet long. Length of j^\furnace, 6 feet; number of tubes, 168. 2 engines. |Consumption of coal per hour, about 6 cwt. The Ipressure of steam is about 5 lbs. on the square V—kch.… … 476. ■ ii 144 BOILERS. kind. It has been found expedient to introduce a jet of steam into the chimney of this vessel toquicken the draught. The tubes are of brass, 3| inches in diameter, and the tube-plates are of iron.A galvanic action between the brass and the iron has been found to arise in some…
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