Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 138
t its proper di.stance from the bars. In calculating the strength of the braces that are put in to assist the crown-bars, weproceed very much as in the ordinary case of the bracing of boiler heads. If the bracesare taut and sound and well distributed, we may assume them to be all equally… … Trans- safely carry, we therefore proceed as follows : Find the least sectional area of one brace, in square inches, and multiply tliis by 6,000. The result is the load that can be allowed on each brace; and if we multiply this bythe number of braces, we obtain the totalload that can be allowed for…
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