Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 504
Ihiiversity of Illinois, and recognized,by reason of his extensive research, as an authority on caustic embrittle-ment, found conclusive evidence of caustic action. On the other hand,physical and chemical tests conducted by the Detroit Testing Labora-tory convinced experts of that organization that… … of the same type that had been found in embrittled boilers. In hisopinion, the Crosset boiler was weakened by embrittlement crackswhich undoubtedly caused the explosion. In discussing the nature of the water supply and the effect pro-duced by treating the water with soda ash, Mr. Straub said that…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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