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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 149

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ck of proper scarfing and at severalplaces that method of making a tight joint had resulted in cracking the]:)late between the rivet hole and the caulking edge. The effect of theuse of oversize fitting-up pins was evident in the holes of the outer plateof the lap. From the foregoing it might be… … Figure j—Failure in the longitudinal seam of No. i boiler during thehydrostatic test. A fezv of the paths of embrittlement defects areexposed and clearly show the progress from rivet hole to rivet hole.This boiler has been slotted as a means of detecting a lap seam crack.The slots are indicated by…

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