Twentieth century hand-book for steam engineers and electricians with questions and answers; a practical non-technical treatise .. (1913)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & company · leaf 119
Fig. 41 IOC steam Engineering at once. The problem of properly staying the flat crownsheet of a horizontal fire box boiler^ especially a locomotiveboiler, is a very difficult one and has taxed the inventivegenius of some of the most eminent engineers. Before the invention of the Belpaire boiler,… … End Oevotipn,SAornngAnochinent of ^003. Stays. Half Section C-a i ofSmoke-eou tialf End Elevation Fig. 42 of staying the crown sheet was by the use of cumbersomecrown bars or double girders extending across the top ofthe crown sheet, and supported at the ends by special cast-ings that rest on the…
