Modern locomotive engineering, with questions and answers .. (1913)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co · leaf 59
indrical in shapeand has the crown sheet stayed to it by means ofradial stays, it will be subjected to excessive distort 52 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING tional strains caused by the more or less pushingupwards of the stays as the inner plates become heated.The crown sheets of locomotive boilers are as a… … Figure 14 crown sheet becoming uncovered of water in runningdown a steep grade. There is not so much danger ofthe front end of the crown sheet becoming uncovered,either in going up or down a grade, for the reason that2t is nearer the center of the length of the boiler. The usual method of staying…
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