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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 280

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ost without end could begiven of failures of such seams. An examination of them almost in-variably shows lack of fusion, either because the metal was merelycast in the welding groove or because of slag being entranced between the weld metal and the base material. An illustration of one such… … Figure 2—Etched specimens of the seams from the vessel shown inFigure I. burst, and from the information that was subsequently obtained, failureapparently took place at little more, if any, than the normal workingpressure. The accident caused property damage of $8,000, one man waskilled, and two…

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