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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 42

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f ignorance on the part of the designer or builder which leads to theconstruction of a riveted joint, or a flat surface, or some other intrinsically weak struc-ture, through failure to comprehend the necessities of the case. We are meeting errorsof construction of this sort, in our inspection… … sMPHMaBMM Fig. 1.—Showing the Buttons as Replaced. there is almost invariably a disposition on the part of the person or persons who madethe mistake, to rectify it at once, in the best manner possible. The other class of de-fects of construction embraces all those that were made knowingly, or that…

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