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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 40

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wer course of shell, as shown in figs.1 and 3. This was of the usual size, 10 by 15 inches, andwas reinforced by a, 2^ hj ^ inch wrought iron ring riv-eted to shell around man-hole. The boiler was enclosed in brick as shown in fig. 1,and fired by waste heat from a heating furnace. Thedistance of… … Fig. 1. 34 THE LOCOMOTIVE, [March, brick rested upon the offset or ledge formed by the annular head connecting the twosections of the shell. The gases from the heating furnace entered the annular space around the boiler byan opening at d, fig. 1, directly opposite the man-hole, whence they…

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