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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 57

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LINING - INCHE.S. APPROXIMATE. MAXIMUM- TEM PE.RATURL5 INDIGESTER LINING. Fie.18. in the entire circumference of the digester. It can be readily shown that thishas no effect since if the shell extends 0.0024 inch in ten inches due to in-ternal pressure (see diagram D, Fig. 15), then in the… … Brick. Cement. 8,770 4,800 3,o8o,00O I,ISO,000 4 inches 1.4 inches 1914I THE LOCOMOTIVE. 45 When the digester is blown, however, the removal of the internal pressurecauses the shell to contract, and it therefore settles back upon the lining,which at this time is expanded to its maximum by heat.…

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