Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies (1881)
Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) · New York, [etc.] Board of Managers · leaf 25
ust in cold weather. Apparatus for condensation, if effective, is too cumbrous to be satisfactory. The small size and method of construction of the boiler render accident from explosion unlikely, but the water level must be rather closely watched to prevent burning the tubes by the intense fire. A… … Fig. 5. Serpollet in France, and commonly known by his name, consists of a series of tubes of very narrow cross-section, heated to a high temperature by the furnace gases. Fig. 5 shows the section and assembly of a Serpollet tube. The tubes vaporize the water almost instantly, and can be heated red…
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