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 51
slight movement of the water up anddown in the glass, and when there is no perceptiblemovement it is time to look for the cause at once.Many instances of burned tubes have occurred, and 38 ENGINEERING even explosions caused by low water in boilers whilethe gauge glass showed the water to be at a… … Steam Gauges. As water columns are made at pres-ent the steam gauge is usually connected at the top of.the column. This makes a handsome and convenientconnection, although theoretically the proper methodwould be to connect the steam gauge directly with thedome or the steam space of the shell. There…
