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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 43

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necessaryto put in a relief or drip pipe, sometimes at considerable expense and trouble, whereasif an eccentric reducing coupling were used, which would cost no ihore than one of theordinary kind, the water of condensation would flow freely onward. Figure 1 shows in section a form of reducing… … will be readily understood from an inspection of the cuts. The offset is just sufficientto bring the under sides of the pipes on the same level. It will probably be urged as an objection to this style of fittirg that they are notmade and kept in stock by manufacturers of pipe fittings. This…

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