ht is considerable in view of the builders’ claims that the saving in favor of water- tube boilers is not less than 30 percent. ‘This coupled with the very much greater saving in weight of water carried in the boilers are all-important factors to the naval architect and engi- neer, who are striving… … it was only a courageous owner who would make a second venture in water-tube boilers. FIG. 4. The water-tube boiler of the present day bears little relation to that of even ten years ago. In the construction of this type of from one point of view a drawback, as the margin of safety be- boiler at…
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