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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 455

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perature whichcould be depended upon to absolutely control the fire, the only safeguard isto be found in eternal and intelligent vigilance, coupled with careful designand installation. The design should be such that at all rates of steam flowpossible, there should be an ample flow of steam over all… … Fig. i. Fi ;. 2. Normal and Oxidized Sections cf Superheater Tubz. through the headers is too great, some of the tubes will fail to take theirshare of the steam current. The furnace and combustion chamber, withtheir attendant checker work and baffles should be so designed that the flowof heat to…

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