Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise on the care and management of steam engines, boilers and electric machinery (1922)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & company · leaf 119
Fig. 41 ICc 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 Elevation,Sltowir,^ Attachment of ^009. Stoys. **~^*i Half End EtevationHalf Section C-a i ofSmokc-Bou Fig. 42 of staying the crown sheet w^s 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…
