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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 197

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otive, vol. X, No. 7, old series. If the above simple history is not treated as a sensational fiction, and if the casereceives that calm consideration to which its importance entitles it, then it seems tosuggest the propriety of a thoughtful review of all the fancy explosion theories, for noneof… … Fig. 2. tion of force within the boiler, too powerful to be resisted by any practicable structure.Some (perhaps more practical) experts teach us that this force, though sudden and pow-erful, may be successfully resisted by a boiler constructed and set according to theirelaborate and expensive…

Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions

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