Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 452
nt. As in the case of steel, the presence ofmoisture or dirt, or both, leads to corrosive attack on cast iron, so thatthe elimination of any leak, no matter how slight, is good practice. Sur-faces exposed to the products of combustion are affected rapidly bycorrosion when moisture from any source… … Extreme externa! corrosion in a buried blow-off tank. Conditions withrespect to this form of wasting away arc particularly serious when-ever a vessel is installed underground. however, is more difficult to locate. Sometimes the contraction of acooling boiler may close capillary openings through…
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