Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 164
this month afford us a more than usuallj instructive lesson in boilerconstruction and management. The first cut shows the result of putting a double riveted seam in thick plateswhere it will be exposed to the direct heat of the furnace. The plates were one-half ofan inch thick, and the illustration… … Fig. 1. Now it is evident that a seam at this point will be exposed to great and sudderitvariation of temperature, which will occur whenever the furnace doors are opened for.any reason, as firing, cleaning fires, etc. It is also evident that these variations of tcm-.perature will cause…
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