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Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 522
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… … Longitudinal section Cross-sec- Horizontal see- on a, b. tion on c, d. tion on e, f. Schmidt superheater. boilers without essential modification, and without checking thedraft. On the Canadian Pacific Railway about two hundredsimple locomotives have been provided with superheaters, lower-ing the…
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