Useful Information for Engineers; Being a Series of Lectures Delivered to the Working Engineers of Yorkshire and Lancashire; Together with a Series of Appendices, Containing the Results of Experimental Inquiries Into the Strength of Materials, the Causes of Boiler Explosions, Etc |
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... stays in locomotive boilers 338 • Summary of results 340 APPENDIX III . Boiler explosion at Rochdale · Verdict of the Jury • APPENDIX IV . Association for the prevention of steam boiler explosions , and for effecting economy in the ...
... stays in locomotive boilers 338 • Summary of results 340 APPENDIX III . Boiler explosion at Rochdale · Verdict of the Jury • APPENDIX IV . Association for the prevention of steam boiler explosions , and for effecting economy in the ...
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... stays , to sustain the pressure . In fact , with one - tenth the strain , the copper fire - box would be forced inwards upon the furnace , and the external shell bulged outwards , and with every change of force these two flat surfaces ...
... stays , to sustain the pressure . In fact , with one - tenth the strain , the copper fire - box would be forced inwards upon the furnace , and the external shell bulged outwards , and with every change of force these two flat surfaces ...
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... stays , each capable of sustaining fifteen tons , we have 4 × 15-60 tons as the resisting powers of the stays ; but the pressure is not divided amongst all the four , but each stay has to sustain that pressure ; consequently the ratio ...
... stays , each capable of sustaining fifteen tons , we have 4 × 15-60 tons as the resisting powers of the stays ; but the pressure is not divided amongst all the four , but each stay has to sustain that pressure ; consequently the ratio ...
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... stay rods . Gussets , when used , should be placed in lines diverging from the centre of the boiler , and made as long as the position of the flues and other circumstances in the construction will admit . They are of great value in ...
... stay rods . Gussets , when used , should be placed in lines diverging from the centre of the boiler , and made as long as the position of the flues and other circumstances in the construction will admit . They are of great value in ...
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... stays over the top . Neither of these opinions was , however , correct , as it was afterwards demonstrated that the material was not only entirely free from cracks and flaws , but the stays were proved sufficient to resist a pressure of ...
... stays over the top . Neither of these opinions was , however , correct , as it was afterwards demonstrated that the material was not only entirely free from cracks and flaws , but the stays were proved sufficient to resist a pressure of ...
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