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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 140

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. angle that we have to consider is 50 wide and 58 long; so that it contains50x58 = 2,900 sq. in. The 392,192 pounds of load on the crown-bars and braces, there-fore, represents the total steam pressure against 2,900 square inches: and hence thecorresponding steam pressure on one square inch is… … Fig. 11.—Illustrating the -Xectral Axis. As a further example of the foregoing rule for crown-bars, we may take the follow-ing actual case, which came under our observation not long ago, and which is repre-sented in Figs. 12 and 13. The boiler in question was 60 inches in diameter, and car-ried 90…

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