Twentieth century hand-book for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers .. (1905)
Swingle, C. F. [from old catalog], Horstmann, Henry Charles, 1858- [from old catalog], Tousley, Victor Hugo, 1875- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co. · leaf 27
o be in favor of the water tubeboiler. It is not contended that they are entirely 14 ENGINEERING exempt from the danger of explosion. On the con-trary, the percentage of explosions of water tube boil-ers in proportion to the number in use is probably aslarge, if not larger, than it is with boilers… … 500 HORSE POWER HEINE WATER TUBE BOILER. Construction. As the four classes of boilers abovereferred to are constructed of similar material, althoughassembled in different ways, the standard rules forcalculating strength of joints, bracing, etc., may beapplied to all. The shell should be made of…
