Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 453
shattered windows in homessurrounding the plant. The boiler went through the roof of the building. 174 THE LOCOMOTIVE April, Elasticity of Cast Iron Under Compression CAST iron is well known to have a high compressive strength ascompared with its tensile strength, the ratio being about 5 or 6to i.… … 3oG£ Q£C#M£ 7- J29 IYM£N Jtesz. jP/A/as *ree£ milled osr. tion increases at a more rapid rate than the applied stresses, there beingno observable elastic limit or yield point as with steel. Under compression, however, the elasticity in cast iron is quiteappreciable. Test data on the latter property…
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