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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 430

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by a pressureof about 100 atmospheres and is stored in steel cylinders, convenientfor handling. Its heat content is in the neighborhood of 26,500 B. t. u.per pound. 1929. THE LOCOMOTIVE 153 Cast Crank Pin Proves Stronger Than Disc IT will take more than the accompanying photograph of an… … pin shown here was sufficiently strong, for it withstood a tremendousshock while the disc itself broke in two. This break-down occurred recently on a Corliss type engine and wascaused by the piston rod breaking ofif underneath the nut at the headend of the piston. The nut dropped down, jammed…

Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions

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