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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... wrought iron plates the bursting pressure in lbs . per square inch is equal to the thickness in inches multiplied by 68,000 , and divided by the diameter in inches . Example . Required the thickness of the plates of a boiler , 20 feet ...
... wrought iron plates the bursting pressure in lbs . per square inch is equal to the thickness in inches multiplied by 68,000 , and divided by the diameter in inches . Example . Required the thickness of the plates of a boiler , 20 feet ...
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... wrought iron flues to collapse varies in the inverse ratio of the diameter , in- versely as the length , and directly as a power of the thick- ness ; or , in other words , the strength decreases in the ratio of the increase of the ...
... wrought iron flues to collapse varies in the inverse ratio of the diameter , in- versely as the length , and directly as a power of the thick- ness ; or , in other words , the strength decreases in the ratio of the increase of the ...
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... iron and united by rivets , in the same way as the copper fire - box . Now these plates would of themselves be ... wrought iron or copper stays , to 1 inch thick , are introduced ; they are first screwed into the iron and copper on both ...
... iron and united by rivets , in the same way as the copper fire - box . Now these plates would of themselves be ... wrought iron or copper stays , to 1 inch thick , are introduced ; they are first screwed into the iron and copper on both ...
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... wrought iron bars , from which the roof of the fire- box is suspended , and which effectually prevent it from being forced down upon the fire . It will not be necessary to go into the calculations of those parts ; they are , when ...
... wrought iron bars , from which the roof of the fire- box is suspended , and which effectually prevent it from being forced down upon the fire . It will not be necessary to go into the calculations of those parts ; they are , when ...
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... wrought iron will yield to a force tending to crush it of about one - half of what would tear it asunder , the flues should in no case exceed one - half the diameter of the boiler . But the force of compression is so different from that ...
... wrought iron will yield to a force tending to crush it of about one - half of what would tear it asunder , the flues should in no case exceed one - half the diameter of the boiler . But the force of compression is so different from that ...
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