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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 86

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ONK, JUNE, 1897. No. 6. The Reduction of Pressure on Shell Boilers. There appears to be quite a widely prevalent impression that shell boilers havingfire-tubes or flues can be used for only a short time at anything like maximum pressures,and that a reduction in pressure is likely to be made on such… … No. 1. — Single Riveted Joint. that there is some truth in this belief, a more intimate and correct knowledge of thetrue facts would show that it has little or no real foundation. The fear of reduced pres-sures is based upon the fact that pressures that are desired by the boiler owner are…

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