Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 812
802 WARMING AND VENTILATION. the usual allowance for the expansion of cast-iron pipes is one-eighth of an inch in 10 feet, or -^ e<their length. Cast-iron, heated from 32° to 212°, expands ^ of its length, which is nearly If of aninch in 100 feet. A similar expansion-joint applied to the spigot…
Mechanical engineering
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