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Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 520
this advance owes much to the mineral oils now available for lubrication atSuperheaters. temperatures which may be as high as 675° Fahr. As steam expands to perform work itfalls in temperature and much of it condenses as water, withmarked loss of efficiency, with harm to its containers by… … SUPERHEATERS 451 altogether or is much lessened. The apparatus is usually a nestof tubes placed in the fire-box close to the boiler; or, the tubesmay be heated by a fire of their own, away from the boiler. TheSchmidt superheater has long, parallel bent tubes, connectingtwo parallel headers. It may…
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