Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 474
ith reference to boilerfeed waters. On applying these principles to boiler water, it can besaid that the fundamental condition of foaming is the presence ofsubstances which concentrate either in the surface or in the mass 1925] THE LOCOMOTIVE 199 of the water and thus change the surface tension.… … Engine Wrecked by Water in Cylinder. stable, there will be no foam in a practical sense, because the life ofthe bubbles will be too short — they will burst a moment after form-ing. It is necessary, then, to distinguish carefully between the twoconditions for the formation of foam— (1) the presence…
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