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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 180

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one shown on page 5o, current volume, excepting the steam-dome, which is absent in this case; the first rupture, however, took place through a portionof the plate, which upon its surface appeared to have the strength due to a full line ofmetal of this thickness (£), instead of through the seam, as… … Fig. 1. 12 feet long, containing 71 tubes 3 diameter, with a length equal to that of the shell.The plates were £ thick, double-riveted at the longitudinal seams as shown in thesketches, and the safety-valve was loaded for 00 pounds pressure per square inch, but by-standers affirmed that they had…

Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions

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