Steam Boilers: Their Defects, Management, and ConstructionC. Griffin & Company, Limited, 1903 - 157 Seiten |
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... tube gauge , and when this fitting is of good construction and properly situated , there is no excuse , except under extraordinary circumstances , for the boiler ... furnace crowns of internally - fired boilers , and about the same distance ...
... tube gauge , and when this fitting is of good construction and properly situated , there is no excuse , except under extraordinary circumstances , for the boiler ... furnace crowns of internally - fired boilers , and about the same distance ...
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... tubes should be shrouded at the bottom with ferrules of such length , that , when the water is visible in the glass , there will be a depth of 4 inches over the furnace plates . None of the many sheets of " Instructions to Firemen ...
... tubes should be shrouded at the bottom with ferrules of such length , that , when the water is visible in the glass , there will be a depth of 4 inches over the furnace plates . None of the many sheets of " Instructions to Firemen ...
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... boilers at , or immediately over , the flue attach- ments to end - plates . The crown - plates of the flue tubes in these boilers being directly acted on by the furnace gases , attain a much higher temperature than the plates along the ...
... boilers at , or immediately over , the flue attach- ments to end - plates . The crown - plates of the flue tubes in these boilers being directly acted on by the furnace gases , attain a much higher temperature than the plates along the ...
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Robert Douglas Munro. The fire bridges in the furnaces of internally - fired boilers often cover rivetted seams , and considerable surfaces of the plates at the under sides of furnace tubes , with the result that these parts are liable ...
Robert Douglas Munro. The fire bridges in the furnaces of internally - fired boilers often cover rivetted seams , and considerable surfaces of the plates at the under sides of furnace tubes , with the result that these parts are liable ...
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... TUBES . Collapse of the furnace tubes of Cornish and Lancashire boilers is a very common source of accident , and is frequently attended with serious results . It may , as already explained , be due to the metal of the tube becom- ing ...
... TUBES . Collapse of the furnace tubes of Cornish and Lancashire boilers is a very common source of accident , and is frequently attended with serious results . It may , as already explained , be due to the metal of the tube becom- ing ...
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arranged attached blow-off Board of Trade bottom BRYAN DONKIN bursting pressure Butt joints cause cent circular seams collapsing pressure construction corrosion cross tubes Crown 8vo crown plates cylindrical defects double rivetting end plates Engineer EXETER STREET explosions factor of safety feed-water fire firebox fitted flanged flue tubes fracture frequently front end furnace tubes fusible plug gauges grooving gusset Handsome Cloth heating iron J. J. THOMSON Lancashire boilers lap joints leakage length lever liable load Locomotive LONDON CHARLES GRIFFIN man-hole Marine material method obtained ordinary overheating pipe pitch plate section practice prevent PROF proportions render Revised rings rivet section rivetted joints rule rupture safety-valves sectional area shearing strength shell plates solid plate square inch steam users steel stop-valve straining STRAND strength Strength of Materials suitable surface tensile strength tested Text-Book THIRD EDITION uptake-tube valve vertical boilers water space weight welding whilst
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Seite 28 - II. Classification of Steel Ships. III. Considerations in making choice of Type of Vessel. — Framing of Ships. IV. Strains experienced by Ships. — Methods of Computing and Comparing Strengths of Ships. V. Construction of Ships. — Alternative Modes of Construction. — Types of Vessels. — Turret, Self Trimming, and Trunk Steamers, &c. — Rivets and Rivetting, Workmanship. VI. Pumping Arrangements. VII. Maintenance. — Prevention of Deterioration in the Hulls of Ships.— Cement, Paint, &c.—...
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Seite 18 - By Defective and Overloaded Safety Valves — (3) By Corrosion, Internal or External— -(4) By Defective Design and Construction (Unsupported Flue Tubes ; Unstrengthened Manholes ; Defective Staying ; Strength of Rivetted Joints ; Factor of Safety)— II. CONSTRUCTION...
Seite 41 - There is no question that, given the PERFECT GROUNDING of the Student in his Science, the remainder comes afterwards to him in a manner much more simple and easily acquired. The work is AN EXAMPLE OP THE ADVANTAGES OF THE SYSTEMATIC TREATMENT of a Science over the fragmentary style so generally followed. BY A LONG WAY THE BEST of the small Manuals for Students.
Seite 32 - All but the simplest explanations have. therefore, been avoided, and ANSWERS to the Exercises are given. Any person may readily, by careful study. become master of their contents, and thus lay the foundation for a further mathematical course, if desired.