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tly on the bottom of the boilers, but not sufficient to cause any appre-hension on account of the pressure used. The boilers were not overworked and werenot strained. They were examined externally and internally twice each year, and nopersons were more ready to have every defect, even the… … Fig. 3. iron indicated that the water had been low, if not entirely out. Tests made by breakingthe iron showed, however, a good degree of strength, and the fracture, while a littlebrittle and dull, did not indicate so great a deterioration as one would infer from a sur-face examination. I have said…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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