Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 113
of the joint as isshown in Fig. i, where it cannot be seen until it has progressed far enough torender an explosion extremely probable. Add to this the further fact that asmost boilers are set, one side of the longitudinal joint is very apt to be hiddenby the insulating material or the brickwork of… … It must not of course beconcluded from what we havejust said that inspectors havenever been able to detect lapcracks, for of course this isfar from true. Sometimes apersistent leak at a longitu-dinal seam has lead to an in-vestigation by the inspector.He generally applies a hydro-static test…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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