Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 150
he management of the boilers. The plate shown in the engraving was cut from one of five new boilers whichall burned and bagged as shown inside of three weeks after they were first started up.The water used was of very good quality, making but little scale or sediment, and theaccidents were due… … It was customary to bank the fires at noon, or rather to fill the furnace full of softcoal, and leave the fire doors open, instead of closing the damper partially, to check theformation of steam. This allowed a current of cold air to enter above the fuel andimpinge on the fire sheet. This, of…
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