Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 449
whose own excess steam pressure had rocketed it in one finalunappreciated dive. 170 THE LOCOMOTIVE April, Accidents to Reaction Type Turbines THREE recent accidents to turbines of the reaction type, all in-volving costly damage to blading, illustrate the need for ampleinsurance coverage against… … and injury to blades, and a distortion of the spindle. Because of reportsof smoke between the oil tank and the turbine casing, prior to thefailure, and indications at several places of excessive heat, the theorywas advanced that the burning of confined oil in the asbestos laggingcaused sufficient…
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