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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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Fig. 3. Fig. 3. fx44,800X10=168,000, and 168,000^638 = 263 lbs., the bursting pressure according toNicholls rule. The actual bursting pressure was 300 lbs. (Rankines formula givesonly 31 lbs. as the bursting pressure.) Looking over these results we perceive several important points. In the first…

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