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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 138

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clies thick;what is its bursting pressure? The area of a circle 26^ inches in diameter is 541 squareinches. Then, proceeding as before, we have f x44,800XlO = 168,000, and 168,000^541= 311 lbs., tlie bursting pressure according to Nicholls rule. This head burst at 370Jbs. (Rankincs formula gives…

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