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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 168

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ow-offs are arranged in various ways, and are attached at variousparts of the shell. Frequently they enter the front or back head below the tubes, as in-dicated in Fig. 3. We do not consider this to be good practice; for although a blow-off attached at either of these points will draw off the… … Fig. 2. — Another View of the Same Pipe. them in sufficient quantity to allow them to become overheated; but, on the other hand,they are not efficient in removing deposit from the shell, and this is one of the chieffunctions of a blow-off pipe, when it is properly located. A blow-off pipe that is…

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