Journal of the Franklin InstitutePergamon Press, 1865 |
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Page 13
... vessel . With respect to the causes of explosions themselves , " there are , " to use the words of the late Mr. Robert Stephenson , t " but few cases which do not exhibit undue weakness in some part of the boiler ; " and * Report of the ...
... vessel . With respect to the causes of explosions themselves , " there are , " to use the words of the late Mr. Robert Stephenson , t " but few cases which do not exhibit undue weakness in some part of the boiler ; " and * Report of the ...
Page 14
... vessel . When the motion of a current of steam is suddenly checked , as by the valve , in its passage from the ... Vessels , etc. By Robert Murray , C.E. , Engineer Surveyor to the Honorable Board of Trade , pages 74-78 . Instituto ...
... vessel . When the motion of a current of steam is suddenly checked , as by the valve , in its passage from the ... Vessels , etc. By Robert Murray , C.E. , Engineer Surveyor to the Honorable Board of Trade , pages 74-78 . Instituto ...
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... vessel , flexible , and capable of being distended every way , it will form itself into a sphere . " * A number of proofs can be adduced that both these influences are more or less at the bottom of the wear and tear caused by the direct ...
... vessel , flexible , and capable of being distended every way , it will form itself into a sphere . " * A number of proofs can be adduced that both these influences are more or less at the bottom of the wear and tear caused by the direct ...
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... vessel under internal pressure would , of course , rupture long before it could assume a spheri- cal shape , from its ranges of elasticity and of ductility being so short . But it may be said to be undergoing three distinct stresses in ...
... vessel under internal pressure would , of course , rupture long before it could assume a spheri- cal shape , from its ranges of elasticity and of ductility being so short . But it may be said to be undergoing three distinct stresses in ...
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... vessel undergoing fluid pressure , producing what , for want of a better term , might be called a " bulging strain . " Instances of this action may be noticed in the sketch of the leaden pipes given by Mr. Fairbairn , * which were ...
... vessel undergoing fluid pressure , producing what , for want of a better term , might be called a " bulging strain . " Instances of this action may be noticed in the sketch of the leaden pipes given by Mr. Fairbairn , * which were ...
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