Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 6
looked, or, if considered at all, only in a very superficial manner.Many seem to think that it is only necessary to have a hole somewhere in the boiler—no mutter what part—through which water may be pumped, and we have all that isdesired. This is a very grave error. Many boilers have been ruined,… … On the location and construction of the feed depends to some extent the economicalworking of a boiler, and, to a great extent, especially with certain types of boilers, itssafety, durability, and freedom from a variety of defects, such as leaky seams, fracturedplates, and others of a similar kind.…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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