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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. · leaf 153

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r. If the con-densate pump stops accidentally, the exhaust pipe will accumulatewater from the condensing steam and at the time that the engineis being shut down this water may return to the cylinder tocause damage as explained in the foregoing. Still another source from which water may enter an… … Typical Jet-Condenser Installation. i92i.] THE LOCOMOTIVE. 141 cut-off to the low-pressure cylinder and are governed by a variable cut-off in the high-pressure cylinder. With a very early cut-off in thehigh-pressure cylinder the low-pressure cylinder acts as a pump, draw-ing the steam from the…

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