Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 248
or whereas such strips are made of tempered steel, this onecould easily be twisted and bent by hand. It has been demonstratedon many occasions that leaky discharge valves will cause abnormal t93i T II K LOCO MOT] V E heating of tin- discharge air. The assumption i- that this heal i^ de-veloped by… … the ignition point of the particular mixture of oil vapor and air in theline at the time, an explosion results. The extent to which pressure may reduce the temperature neces-sary to ignite certain mixtures of air and vapor from the various sortsof lubricating oil would seem to be an appropriate…
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