Journal of the Franklin InstitutePergamon Press, 1865 |
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Page 13
... Boiler Assurance Company , forty - three explosions , attended with a loss of seventy - four lives , occurred in 1864 in this country . The engi- neer of the Midland Boiler Assurance Company gives the number as forty - eight , causing ...
... Boiler Assurance Company , forty - three explosions , attended with a loss of seventy - four lives , occurred in 1864 in this country . The engi- neer of the Midland Boiler Assurance Company gives the number as forty - eight , causing ...
Page 14
... boiler than to the strength of the steam may , in fact , be said to be universal . There is , indeed , a very complex train of mechanical , chemical , and physico- chemical forces , leading to the deterioration and consequent destruc ...
... boiler than to the strength of the steam may , in fact , be said to be universal . There is , indeed , a very complex train of mechanical , chemical , and physico- chemical forces , leading to the deterioration and consequent destruc ...
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... 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 the fact that the great majority ...
... 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 the fact that the great majority ...
Page 16
... boiler through the motion on the line may intensify this action , but it is clear that vibration cannot be a primary cause . The majority of the reports are illustrated by careful drawings . Eighteen of the forty boilers gave way at the ...
... boiler through the motion on the line may intensify this action , but it is clear that vibration cannot be a primary cause . The majority of the reports are illustrated by careful drawings . Eighteen of the forty boilers gave way at the ...
Page 17
... boiler to be more felt than with locomotive boilers . This is due to the high pressure , to the thicker plates causing a coarser lap , and more especially to the fact that the unstayed barrel cannot be thor- oughly examined without ...
... boiler to be more felt than with locomotive boilers . This is due to the high pressure , to the thicker plates causing a coarser lap , and more especially to the fact that the unstayed barrel cannot be thor- oughly examined without ...
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