Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 120
esent were cut from a liorizontal tubular boiler 48 inchesin diameter, which had been in use about six years in a nail works. The plates were ofsteel, one-quarter of an inch thick, and the boiler was set over a blast furnace, the wastegases from which are used in the place of fuel. The lap from… … f,K3. V-Zr. -^-SW^ iM^^P-^^M^^ Fig. 1.—A Pitted Plate (Outer Lap). lap was exposed, and the expansion and contrActiou of the plates at the lap must havebeen sudden and violent. The plates, being light, would readily transmit heat throughto tlie water; while the lap, being thicker, would not part…
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