Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 261
ice. and hence, after l^ing 2^0 THE LOCOMOTIVE October, cooled, it is dismissed in a diffused shower to the floor to be dischargedby the lower pipe. The necessity for large amounts of ice in a country where none wasavailable led Doctor Gorrie to the invention of the ice machine, whichhe patented.… … Above is a room at an Alabama school after the bursting of a hydro-pneumatic tank. Air pressure higher than the tank could withstandcaused the explosion after the automatic control of the compressorfailed to work. The tank zvent through the floor, ceiling and roof andfell to the ground outside the…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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