Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 169
if a slight leakage should occur, and the 162 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [November, attendant should attempt to check it by screwing up the nuts unreasonably, the tensilestrain on the casting would be still further increased, and the actual factor of safety cor-respondingly reduced. It will be evident from… … Fig. 2.—A Pkoper Construction for Cast-Iron Mouth-Pieces. well-known, however, that castings are liable to be spongy at the root of the flange,where our analysis shows them to be weakest; and this fact should also be considered indesigning and constructing them. Lest any of our readers should fancy…
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