Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 197
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
Internet Archive · Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.