A textbook on the locomotive and the air brake (1901)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, Pa., International textbook co · leaf 80
m theother runs the circulating, or down-flow, pipe that carries the hot waterthrough the car. If the fire were allowed, through fig. 2, inattention, to run on unchecked, or the Avater circulationwere impeded, the pressure in the heater might mount danger-ously high. It is therefore essential that… … CAR HEATING. § 13 drum. This vent is a single casting without any joints; itstop is thinned down to a certain specified thickness, thus pro-viding a weak place which yields when the pressure attainsi acertain degree, and allows the top to be blown off. When the top is thus blown out, a new safety…
Locomotives · Locomotive boilers · Railroad cars
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