Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 148
s an opportunity was given it to act. What weakness might have ex-isted in the material I am unable to say, but there was a rupture sufficiently large tochange its potential energies into terribly destructive activities. I will add that up tothis time we have the record of some 30 explosions of… … rible accidents ? Yes, within certain limits. I say within certain limits, oecause certainconditions are involved, and first, if the material of which the boiler is constructed is ofinferior quality, it can never be considered as safe at the pressures at which boilers inthese days are used. A…
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