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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 116

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plosion of a rotary bleach is usually attended with great destruction. The inquiry arises why should such a boiler explode, making such havoc, when thereis no fire used in connection with it ? It will be understood that these boilers are filledwith the material to be bleached or treated, and the… … «SFROM BOILER llllillliillliiliiiiiiiiiiMiiiimiiiw Miiiiiiiiiil onc-lialf, or five feet, in diameter, hencethe internal surface of the shell of therotary is greatly in excess of the internalshell of the steam boilers, and any varia-tion in pressure, especially if much in-creased, brings an enormous…

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