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 121
f the Lancashiremodel, and are triangular-shaped plates sheared to theproper form and having two angle irons riveted to theedges that comes against the shell, and the head. The angleirons are then riveted to the shell and the flat head. Thisform of brace is simple and solid, but its chief defect… … Fig. 43 Coming now to through stay rods^ it is safe to say thatwhenever, and wherever it is possible to apply them theyshould be used. In all cases they should be placed farenough apart to allow a man to pass between them for thepurposes of inspection and washing out of the boiler.Through stay rods…
