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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 344

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. 69 ical to some of the readers of this article that even a shght difiference inpressure can exist in two boilers connected to a common steam main.but experience with low pressure boilers has shown this to be a fact,and the cause of this difference in pressure may be partly explainedas follows:—… … Boiler No. i. Boiler No. Fig. I. condensation, so that it is indeed hard to foretell what the actualpressure will be at any given point. When boiler No. i is fired harderthan No. 2 a greater amount of steam will flow from the No. i boilerthan from the other. This increased flow of steam will result…

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