Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 178
y changing its form at a blue heat, acquires an excessive brittleness. From these facts it appears highly desirable that no deformations of thewalls of a vessel take place, while at a blue heat, or at least, that whateverchange of form takes place due to working pressures be limited to a minimumand… … Fig. i. The tendency of a square vessel, a cross section of which is shown inFig. i, is to become round when subjected to internal pressure or in otherwords, such parts of the circumference as are flat tend to become curved,and the corners to straighten out, as shown in dotted lines. Referring to…
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