Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 139
as recognized more than fifty years ago. The whole subject was shrouded inmystery, and some of the theories put forth were laughable. One of the earliest wasthat all boilers were exploded by electricity. This theory is said to have become popularin this country more than fifty years ago, from the… … Fig. 2. boiler explosions had at that time been little studied, and as there seemed to be no readyexplanation, it was assigned to the same cause. About this time, at the request of theTreasury Department of the United States, the Franklin Institute, of Philadelphia, in-stituted a series of…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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