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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 188

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hich gives rise to the cracks in question. The books on machine design and kindred subjects do not appear to giveany formula for computing this circumferential tension, and it is our presentpurpose to suggest such a formula, and to indicate how it may be most conveni-ently applied, in practical… … Fig. 7. — Names of theParts of the Ring. Fig. 6. — Showing Hub Cracks. it is applied to certain particular cases, the formula indicates the existence of acircumferential tension approaching the ultimate strength of the material, al-though we know positively that the vessels to which these…

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