Practical hand book of gas, oil and steam engines, stationary, marine, traction; gas burners, oil burners, etc.; farm, traction, automobile, locomotive; a simple, practical and comprehensive book on the construction, operation and repair of all kinds of engines (1916)
Rathbun, John B. [from old catalog] · Chicago, Charles C. Thompson co · leaf 367
ler. It should be kept clean and the valve kept tight andin good condition. When the feed water is hard a boiler compound should beused to reduce the amount of scale in the boiler or soften itand make its removal easier. Scale of 1/16 inch thickness willdecrease the efficiency of the boiler by 12%,… … Buffalo Marine Motor. the filtration of the water before it is pumped into the boiled.Lime and magnesia which form flint-hard deposits, requirechemical treatment such as the addition of sodium phosphate,etc. In any case, the deposits waste heat and increase the lia-bility of burning out tubes or…
Internal combustion engines · Traction-engines
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