Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 72
ed water in its natural state contained a considerable amount of vegetable matter.The organic matter thus carried into the boiler could not all be removed, for theblow-off pipe did not enter the drum at the lowest point, as it should, and a consider-able quantity of water and oily matter could not… … A Bulged Plate. sheet thus protected from the cooling effect of the water got overheated, and the steam-])ressure within the boiler caused a bulge at the softened spot, as shown in the cut.The boiler from which this piece was taken was made of the best of material. Other-wise it would probably have…
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