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plate. This percentage is what we must use incalculating the strength of the shell. Second : Multiply the tensile strength of the material of ichich the plates are composed,by their thickness in parts of an inch, and this product by the j)^rcentage of pilate as foundabove; divide this last product… … 1884] THE LOCOMOTIVE. 147 As an illustration suppose we have a boiler 54 inches in diameter, plates /^ in. thick,made of iron branded T. S. 50,000 lbs., pitch of rivets = 3i inchts, riv^t holes | inchdiameter; what would be the bursting pressure ? 31 8 The percentage of plate in such a joint would…
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