Self-propelled vehicles; a practical treatise on the theory, construction, operation, care and management of all forms of automobiles (1906)
Homans, James E. (James Edward), b. 1865 · New York, T. Audel & Company · leaf 567
ing both corrosion and the deposit of incrustations,and is less liable to oxidation from the action of heat. On theother hand, it is inferior to steel in the fact that its tensile strengthis greatly reduced under increasing temperatures. As quotedby several boiler authorities, its diminution of… … Fig. 402.—Bottom View of a Type of Boiler shown in Fig. 145, exhibiting the method of riveting in the lower tube plate. a constant working pressure of between 150 and 180 pounds tothe square inch, which figures represent the average used insmall vehicle boilers. These advantages in copper, both…
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