Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 67
large amount of hot water is lost,or, in other words, the price of a great deal of coal runs off needlessly through theescape pipe. Owing to the difference between the specific gravity of hot and coldwater, the cold water sinks to the bottom of the tank and is drawn off by the pump,while the hot… … In the annexed sketch we show the receiver with piping connected so that coldwater may be taken in with the steam and hot water at the top, so as to become heatedby contact therewith; the overflow is connected to the bottom of the tank, so that onlythe coldest water can escape through it; this pipe…
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