Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 106
sts in the deposition of solid matter within them;the material so deposited being apt to result in serious damage to the boiler,unless proper care is taken. The deposit may consist, in large measure, ofgreasy matter which has been introduced with the feed water, mainly byreason of the cylinder oil… … Fig. 1.—A Boiler badly coated with Scale. tubes, without forming a compact mass, except when exposed to a highbeat; or, finally, it may come down in the form of a more or less hard andstone-like mass, consisting chiefly of compounds of lime and magnesia. Even in the case of mineral scale of a…
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