A textbook on the locomotive and the air brake (1901)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, Pa., International textbook co · leaf 415
to,and opening into, one of the exhaust passages, as shown. OPERATION OF PARTS. 36. As previously stated, the duty of the water brake isto supply low-pressure steam to the cylinders when the engineis running reversed, so that, by acting as compressors, thecylinders can be used as an auxiliary… … gauge, it will not boil until its temperature has been raised toabout 380° F. If, now, some of the water in the boiler isallowed to escape into a pipe or vessel connected with theatmosphere, its temperature will be far greater than 212° F.;hence, it will boil and be converted into steam. The…
Locomotives · Locomotive boilers · Railroad cars
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