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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 59

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ip uponwhich is also known to be beyond reproach, can be safely run at a somewhathigher pressure than it would be wise to carry on a similarly designed boilerabout whose materials and construction less is known. It is here that the judg-ment of the inspector comes in. Turning to the mechanical… … Fig. 2. — Showing Horizontal Stiffening Irons. numerous difficulties that appear to be almost insuperable when the problem isfaced in all its rigor, resembling, in this particular, the vexed question of thecollapsing pressure of flues. The only mode of treating it that we know of,that can be…

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