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 568
rs is a positive advantage, for, since they are more liableto collapse under stress of over-heat and expansion, the effectmay be similar to that found in water-tube boilers under similarconditions—the bursting of one or two tubes instead of a disas-trous rending of the outer shell. This seems to be… … Fig. 403. —Another type of Small Carriage Boiler, showing both tube plates infianged and riveted to a seamless steel tube. happen is that the tubes collapsed at the ends and the boilerleaked. The water and steam escaping gradually reduce thepressure until none is left—the result of which is that…
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