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 329
figuke 109. 318 ENGINEERING faces, or for finding the number of stays required forany given flat surface in a boiler, the working pressurebeing known, it must be remembered that each stayis subjected to the pressure on an area bounded bylines drawn midway between it and its neighbors.Therefore the… … FIGURE 110. be supported by each stay, equals the square of thepitch or distance in inches between centers of thepoints of connection of the stays to the flat plate.Thus, suppose the stays in a certain boiler are spaced8 in. apart, the area sustained by each stay = 8x8 =64 sq. in., or assume the…
