Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 74
he proper bracing of flat surfaces exposed to pressure, which are necessarily pres-ent in almost all forms of boilers, is a matter of the greatest importance, as the powerof resistance to bulging possessed by any considerable extent of such a surface, made asthey must be in the majority of cases of… … Fig. 1. tention should be given to properly designing, projiortioning, distributing, and construct-ing the ])races as to any other portion of the boiler. This is not, however, always done,and it is no uncommon thing to subject new boilers to hydrostatic pressure well withia 66 THE LOCOMOTIVE, [May,…
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