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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. · leaf 158

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ges that if exactlyenough air gets into intimate contact with fuel at the right tem-perature, we will get perfect combustion. Air is colorless, in-visible stuff, and it moves toward our boiler furnaces slowly enoughso that out in the fire-room, at least, we do not appreciate the vari-ation in the… … Y\o. 2. Draft gage indicating the ki-ow ofair through an office. at the right place and atthe right time. To someextent the draft gage en-ables us to keep track ofthe air flow. Another way to checkup is by testing the re-sults of the combustion;that is, to analyze the fluegases. Then if there…

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