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e explosion of the boiler.Many explosions have proba-bly been caused this manner.There is no good reason forbraces being put into a boiler with an injurious amount of unequal tension. If theirlength is just right it cannot exist. If a brace is too long or too short, it is a perfectlyeasy matter to… … Fig. 2. Inspectors Reports. JUKE, 1885.Our usual monthly summary of the work of this department shows 3.209 inspectiontrips, 5,515 boilers visited, 2,111 inspected internally, 433 tested by hydrostatic pressure,and 23 condemned. 3.727 defects were reported, of which -1*37 were considered…
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