Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 119
The boiler in question, which is shown in Fig. 1, was built for use in a 115-footsteamboat, and, in order to insure the stability of the craft, it was made short and oflarge diameter. Externally it was 9 feet in diameter and 11 feet high, with some 200vertical tubes, each 6 feet long and 2^ inches… … <-- ^8- -^ 1 — \~ \f - \f .j=^. 5^ « /02 » P£ Figs. 2 and 3.—Illustratikg the Ukbalanced Pressuke on the Cone. of this smoke-box were supported, externally, by live rings of angle-iron, as indicatedin Fig. 1, and the upper head of the boiler, which was of half-inch steel, was bracedto the shell,…
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