Locomotive catechism; an up-to-date, practical and complete work on the locomotive--treating on the design, construction, repair and running of all kinds of locomotives .. (1908)
Grimshaw, Robert, 1850- [from old catalog] · New York, The N. W. Henley publishing company · leaf 202
ome connectedby return tubes to a feed-collecting hollow frame at the bottomof the fire-box. The fire-box sides are lined by return tubesclose together, expanded in the hollow frame and in the steamdrum. The drums are connected by curved tubes, those infront and rear of the fire-box being large… … Fig. 112. The Robert Water Tube Boiler. about 20,000 miles, the Robert boiler maintains its efficiencyover 80,000 miles. A high degree of evaporation is said to bemaintained, and the locomotive, it is claimed, is capable ofhauling 25 per cent more than those of ordinary type withequal grate area…
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