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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 104

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d and bulged. This danger must be borne inmind constantly, whenever a heavily-scaled boiler istreated with a compound that acts quickly. Crude petroleum is sometimes called rock oil,and sometimes well oil. It varies considerably incomposition, and the lighter oils are best adapted foruse in… … Apparatus for IntroducingKerosene into Boilers. 93 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [July, it is of the highest importance that it should be pure well oil; for the crude oil isoften mixed with tallow or some other similar grease, to form a heavy-bodied oil forlubricating car journals and other bearings that are…

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