Locomotive operation; a technical and practical analysis (1904)
Henderson, G. R. (George R.), b. 1861 · Chicago, Railway Age · leaf 434
e foot of heating sur-face per hour at hoiler pressure (170 pouufls) was main-tained for 35 minutes, hut for runs of one hour or more, therate did not exceed 10 pounds. In some road tests recentlyconducted in England upon the Furness Railroad, the highestevaporative rate in 15 tests was 9.46 pounds… … running, that is to say, the maximum cut-off that can be used(and maintain boiler pressure) at an\- and all speeds, exceptvery low ones, will consume the same amount of steam, orall that the boiler can furnish. Fig. 100 gives a graphical rep-resentation of the results of the Chicago &…
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