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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 120

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allow for their expansionand contraction as they are alternately heated and cooled. The devices herein shown arethe outcome of our experience, and we believe they will be found satisfactory in everycase. ^ CONNECTING STEAM PIPES TO BOILERS. After boilers are properly arranged and set up, the next… … FlG. 1. 114 THE LOCOMOTIVE, [August, sidered, but which are very often neglected, are to provide for the effects of expansion,and also to make allowance for any settling of the boilers which may, and generally does,occur after they have been run a short time. Fig. 1 shows a case where two boilers…

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