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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 38

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for many slips of this sort, and itsometimes happens that a boiler that he turns out is just wrong enough to make theprospective buyer doubtful whether he ought to accept it or not. An illustration ortwo will make this clear. The two heads of a horizontal tubular boiler having been made ready for… … 1. — Showing a MisplacedNozzle. Fkl 2. — Illustkatlkg the Useof a Dutchman. they are not exactly fair with each other, one of them being twisted around (say)one rivet hole too far, so that the holes for the tubes do not exactly match the cones-ponding ones on the other head. This mistake is a very…

Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions

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