Roper's catechism for steam engineers and electricians .. (1899)
Roper, Stephen. [from old catalog], Keller, Edwin R., [from old catalog] ed, Pike, Clayton W., [from old catalog] ed · Philadelphia, D. McKay · leaf 97
mostefficient and durable boiler is the safest and the DIFFERENT TYPES—ADVANTAGES ANDDISADVANTAGES. Q. How would you classify steam boilers ? A! Into cylindrical, flue, fire tubular, and watertubular. Q. What advantages does the plain cylinderboiler possess over other types ? A. It is simple,… … STEAM ENGINEERS AND ELECTRICIANS. il surface, it is very bulky, and, consequently, for agiven evaporative capacity, the space it occupieslis much greater than in more modern types.Secondly, on account of the high temperature atIwhich the gases escape from the stack, it wastesfuel, and for this…
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