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 42
Fig. 14front elevation maxim boiler Maxim Water Tube Boiler 29 Each tube has two bends, thus providing for unequal ex-pansion and contraction. The space between the tubes isgreater than the diameter of the tubes, so that any tubecan be passed through, the space between. The tubes, whichare nearly… … Fig. 15maxim boiler tube plates being cylindrical, and the bottom end of everytube is opened to the lower drum, thus enabling the fluedust, mud and loose scale to drop away from the heatingsurface. There are no riveted joints exposed to the flamesor fire gases, and there are no cylinders subject to…
