Journal of the Franklin InstitutePergamon Press, 1865 |
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Page 11
... thinned by being stretched , as to cause a tear- ing action to take place , which , having once commenced , would obvi- ously , by the continuance of the same strain , Connecting Flat Links in Chains of Suspension Bridges . 11.
... thinned by being stretched , as to cause a tear- ing action to take place , which , having once commenced , would obvi- ously , by the continuance of the same strain , Connecting Flat Links in Chains of Suspension Bridges . 11.
Page 14
... action is necessarily most felt with engines in which the steam is let on suddenly , as in the Cornish , and other single - acting engines , working with steam valves , suddenly affording a wide outlet , and as suddenly closing . It ...
... action is necessarily most felt with engines in which the steam is let on suddenly , as in the Cornish , and other single - acting engines , working with steam valves , suddenly affording a wide outlet , and as suddenly closing . It ...
Page 15
... action must readily affect the boiler at its mechani- cally weakest points . The more or less sudden closing of a safety- valve while the steam is blowing off would evidently produce the same effect ; and this view is strengthened by ...
... action must readily affect the boiler at its mechani- cally weakest points . The more or less sudden closing of a safety- valve while the steam is blowing off would evidently produce the same effect ; and this view is strengthened by ...
Page 16
... action of steam unmasked by the effects of the fire , as the barrel and outside fire - box of a locomotive cannot be said to be under the direct action of the heat . Perhaps the vibration of the boiler through the motion on the line may ...
... action of steam unmasked by the effects of the fire , as the barrel and outside fire - box of a locomotive cannot be said to be under the direct action of the heat . Perhaps the vibration of the boiler through the motion on the line may ...
Page 17
... action of the engines , showing furrows around the cylinder flanges . A parallel case is often found in Lancashire with the end - plates of double - flued Fairbairn boilers , which may have been too stiffly stayed to the barrel ...
... action of the engines , showing furrows around the cylinder flanges . A parallel case is often found in Lancashire with the end - plates of double - flued Fairbairn boilers , which may have been too stiffly stayed to the barrel ...
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