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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 182

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, DECEMBER, 1901. No. 12. Furnace Arch Bars. The erection of brick settings for horizontal tubular boilers raises a number ofproblems in connection with the expansion and contraction of the walls as they arealternately heated and cooled; and if these are not well understood, the settings arelikely… … OO oooooooooo BOILER .£>■ I / Fig. 1.—Showing the Arch Bars in Position. There is one part of the setting, however, which offers special difficulties, and whichis forever getting out of order, if it is not put in carefully and correctly. We refer tothe arch over the back connection, where the…

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