s nothing more troublesometo householders than the mis-chievous action of frost on gutters orwater pipes ; for, the expansion of thewater under the influence of frost andthe consequent pressure on the pipe orconductor is such as to overcome all or-dinary resistance by the great enlarge-ment of the… … The corrugated form adopted by themis one well calculated to meet the exi-gencies of the case; for the expansionof the freezing water is yielded to gradu-ally by the spreading of the corruga-tions A, until (if so great an enlarge-ment be required) the outer or fullstretch-out circumference B, is…
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