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... department of the English Board of Trade . These rules have enabled the engineer to feel that in intelligent boiler construction we may deal with certainties , and not with indefinite or unknown quantities , and the great advance that ...
... department of the English Board of Trade . These rules have enabled the engineer to feel that in intelligent boiler construction we may deal with certainties , and not with indefinite or unknown quantities , and the great advance that ...
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... Board of Trade Rules for spacing the rivet for joints The spacing of ordinary chain and zigzag rivetted joints Iron plates and iron rivets ; steel plates and steel rivets PART II . EXAMPLES IN CALCULATING THE STRENGTH OF THE RIVETTED ...
... Board of Trade Rules for spacing the rivet for joints The spacing of ordinary chain and zigzag rivetted joints Iron plates and iron rivets ; steel plates and steel rivets PART II . EXAMPLES IN CALCULATING THE STRENGTH OF THE RIVETTED ...
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... Board of Trade rules concerning the working pressure of the cylindrical shell of a boiler Examples in calculating the working pressure of boiler shells Example 1. Steel plates , steel rivets ; Double rivetted joints ; Longitudinal seams ...
... Board of Trade rules concerning the working pressure of the cylindrical shell of a boiler Examples in calculating the working pressure of boiler shells Example 1. Steel plates , steel rivets ; Double rivetted joints ; Longitudinal seams ...
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... Board of Trade rules concerning superheaters 70 The outer shell . 70 The flue or interior shell 71 Calculation for the working pressure per square inch 71 · PART IV . EXPERIMENTS UPON THE STRENGTHS OF RIVETTED JOINTS OF STAYED FLAT ...
... Board of Trade rules concerning superheaters 70 The outer shell . 70 The flue or interior shell 71 Calculation for the working pressure per square inch 71 · PART IV . EXPERIMENTS UPON THE STRENGTHS OF RIVETTED JOINTS OF STAYED FLAT ...
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... BOARD OF TRADE CONCERNING THE SURVEY OF STEAM BOILERS . Rule for iron boilers and superheaters 191 Rule for finding the areas of diagonal stays and of gusset stays ; Formula for finding the working pressure to be allowed on girders on ...
... BOARD OF TRADE CONCERNING THE SURVEY OF STEAM BOILERS . Rule for iron boilers and superheaters 191 Rule for finding the areas of diagonal stays and of gusset stays ; Formula for finding the working pressure to be allowed on girders on ...
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annealed area of stay Board of Trade boiler shell bolts calculation cent centre circumferential seams cock combustion box combustion chambers compressive stress constant construction corrugated diam double butt straps double rivetted doubling plate drilled engine evaporation Example factor of safety feet fire-box follows formula furnace girder gusset heat or flame HENRY CAREY impact of heat inch of stay inch thick inches diameter inspectors iron Lap Joint length less longitudinal seams marine boilers multiplied percentage plate section Plate thickness pounds Practical pressure allowable Punched Rivet diameter rivet holes rivet section riveted and fitted rivetted joints rules safety-valves shell plate side flues silky single butt straps single riveted solid plate square inch stay tubes stay-tube stays screwed steam pipe steam space steamers Strength of material stress per square superheater Surveyor tensile strength tensile stress thickness of material Thickness of plate thread tons tube plate uptake valves wide pitch width
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