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The locomotive engineer (1888)

Hill, John A. (John Alexander), 1858-1916, Sinclair, Angus, 1841-1919 · New York : American Machinist Pub. Co · leaf 552

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this givea ua9.78 pounds of water that tliis pound of coal willevaporate under gauge pressure of 80 pounds, thefeed water being healed to 212. Bui to do thisthe conditious must all be execlkni, and ihe coal ofa good quality. In practice, if you do not find tliatyou are evaporating from 8i to 9… … A LiOBT LocoMorrvK. oxide, there is danger that a gooil deal of it may bemade, and pass away unconsumed, 1 aay uucon-Bumed, for if this carbonic oxide is, while hot, sup-plied with sufllcient oxygen, it may be burnedwithout loss. Hence the utility, where deep firesarc burned, of admitting air above…

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