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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 380

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ch sodaash. Of course one of the resulting ingredients is sodium sulphate —a very effective protecting, agent which we will discuss later — but,in spite of that, when soda ash is used on feed water naturally lowin sulphate hardness there is great danger of adding so much of itthat there will not be… … Creek water used in the boiler to which this cast steel blow-off pad wasattached was naturally free from sodium carbonate. However, a method offeed-water treatvieiit produced a sodium carbonate to sodium sulphate ratioof about 12 to I. According to Messrs. Parr and Straub, another way naturally…

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