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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 27

An illustration from The Locomotive, 1867, leaf 27
ion of the boiler, showing the bracing of the dome tothe unsupported portions of the shell. Other bracing is also shown, and the line offracture on left side. These braces, which are £x4f inches in section, are nicely fit-ted, having round bolts fitting snugly into round holes in the arched double… … Fig. 2. at Fig. 3, imagine this smoke-box to be an expanding body relatively to the shell; thatis, imagine it to be a little hotter than the shell (and why may it not be considerably so,filled at times with intensely heated gases, and surrounded by water at 331°, which is thetemperature at which it…

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