Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 546
water-legs may conveniently now bemade cylindrical, and the barrel part become of the same sizeas the fire-box part, or nearly so. Fig. 418 shows such atypical upright boiler, and Fig. 419 a modification of it.The fire-box is stay-bolted against deformation and collapseinward, and the water-leg is… … Fig. 418. Fig. 419. 492 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OF POWER PLANTS. (1) It is light and portable. (2) It requires no setting for the general type shown onpp. 491-493. (3) It is a rapid steamer, because vertical tube-surfacesevaporate rapidly and the water is subdivided. (4) It takes little floor-space.…
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