Radford's cyclopedia of construction; carpentry, building and architecture. Based on the practical experience of a large staff of experts in actual constrcution work (1909)
Johnson, Alfred Sidney, 1860-, Radford, William A., 1865- · Chicago Radford Architectural Co · leaf 141
ge. height of water should the glass from any causebe broken. A steam gauge, Fig. 87, should be attached toevery steam boiler. The gauges used are ordi-narily of the Bourdon type, and consist of a hol-low tube bent into circular form. One end isattached to an opening in the bottom of thegauge to… … Fig. 87. Steam Gauge. gauge as the pressure on the interior tubestraightens it, by this action indicating thepressure carried in pounds. A steam boiler should invariably be fittedwith an automatic damper-regulator, which
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