Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 92
other joints where the thickness of the wall changes,using the figures for weight and pressure clue to these joints, we find that in each casethe resultant lines BF, and CE, fall well within the stack; hence we may conclude thatthe chimney, as a whole, has an ample margin of safety. Had the… … Fig. 2. 84 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [June, If the chimney shaft has any other form of cross section, the effect of the pressure ofthe wind against it will be modified. If it is hexagonal in form the effect of the pressurewill be about three-fourths, if octagonal about five-eighths, and if it is circular…
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