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on a patch. The inner lap was injured very little. Single riveted joints should always be used in parts of a boiler which are exposedto the fire; for then, the plates being confined at but one point are free to expand andcontract at will, and no strain is brought upon the joint. It should be said… … Fig. 2. Figs. 2 and 3 show the result of allowing sediment to collect on the lower tubesheet of an upright tubular boiler. It is a very remarkable case. The head was one-half inch thick, the material, steel. In consequence of an accumu-lation of sediment between four adjacent tubes, the head at…
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