Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 42
ut, inasmuch as many rivet holes have beencut out, its strength has been reduced to 70 per cent, of the solid plate. Returning, then, toour problem, the bursting and safe-working pressure of a boiler 60 inches in diame-ter: we have 60,000 X f inches (thickness of plate) X 70 per cent. (strength of… … FiG. 5.—Cro-w-fgot Braces working pressure of the above boiler. This is only an illustration of the method ofcalculating the safe-working pressure of boilers, of diameters from 48 inches to 72inches, and of different thicknesses of plates, and for pressures from 100 to 160pounds. Xow, we will…
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