Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 214
, independently of the governor, or its safety stop, when the engine attainsa predetermined limit of overspeed, usually from two to five per cent, above thatat which the governor is supposed to act. However, the remarks which wehave made above regarding a light wheel speeding up quickly, apply… … Fig. 3. Wrecked Power Station at Cardiff. A Flywheel Explosion at Cardiff, Wales. The accompanying photograph which we have reproduced from Vulcan,our well known English contemporary, shows the result of one of the mostexpensive flywheel wrecks of which we have any knowledge. The details ofthe…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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