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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. · leaf 27

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most satisfactory method is, of course, bymeans of flue gas analysis but in the absence of the proper apparatusfor this, use can be made of a reasonably reliable and simple rule.When the furnace is well alight and the walls uniformly heated upto a high temperature, the draft should be pinched down… … Fig. i FLYWHEEL explosions are almost as a rule fraught with spec-tacular damage to the surrounding property and not infrequentlywith distressing loss of life and personal injury. It is rare indeedror a flywheel to go to pieces without heavy masses of metal being pro-jected through roofs and…

Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions

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