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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 314

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ed depends largely upon the skill of the boiler-maker, butproper tools are almost indispensable if a first-class job is to be obtained. The usual method of heating the sheet with a fire pot and bellows is familiarto nearly all boiler-makers and to many boiler owners who have had occasionto have… … The novice can appreciate that if an attempt should be made to straightena bent piece of rod without an anvil of some kind to hammer on, it would bealmost impossible to obtain satisfactory results, and in a measure it is as difficultto straighten a bagged sheet without some similar device. The…

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