Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 150
ion is very erroneous is fully shown by many almost daily observations;and one case in point will be enough to illustrate the fact. In a certain plant of threeor four hundred horse-power the water for the boilers was passed through a meter, thecoal was carefully weighed, and the fire-room log was… … Fig. 1. A Good Fire. pounds, the difference between the two results being exactly two pounds of water perpound of coal in favor of ^h\ B. It is also a fact that much of the waste generally attributed to the steam engine isin reality due to lack of knowledge and skill in the boiler-room. That a…
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