Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 582
through by their own deterioration orfrom a deterioration caused by the continued heat. Wrought-iron bars when made solid are particularlytroublesome from a tendency to warp and to bend from soft-ening by heat. Wrought iron is less stiff than cast iron. When for any reason the air which enters… … Fig. 446. 524 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OF POWER PLANTS, wrought-iron grate-bars are used through which the feed-water or the water from the boiler is caused to circulate.This is to keep them from reaching the temperature of soften- w-m-
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