This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...T analyses and of tests made by him, or in his presence, of the materials entering into the construction of the boiler. These, however, portant to this except so far as the details which are not nnpresentation, they concern failed under the low-water tests, and this report need not be cumbered by a full record of such ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...T analyses and of tests made by him, or in his presence, of the materials entering into the construction of the boiler. These, however, portant to this except so far as the details which are not nnpresentation, they concern failed under the low-water tests, and this report need not be cumbered by a full record of such statements. Those facts which are most pertinent will be set forth in connection with the discussion of the results of the low-water tests. 82. Preparations for the low-water tests received careful attention. Fk;. 71.--View of Jacobs-Shupert boiler in position after low-water test, showing water, oil and steam pipes, valves and connections, the three pops and special water-glasses anil gage-hoards. An extensive fill made up of refuse from the mill of the Lukens Iron & Steel Company, extending up the valley of a small stream for a distance of several thousand feet, remote from habitations, supplied an acceptable ground. The fill was traversed by railway tracks over which the mill locomotives and cars were constantly operating. Fig. 65 shows the Jacobs-Shupert boiler on its way to the testing-ground. The upper surface of the fill was fairly level, and at the point chosen for the setting of Cast Iron: .--"Oil Burner Port / Oil Burner Pedestals AirPorts Back Wall Supply Pipes to Oil Burner Fig. li.--General arrangement of oil burner and fixtures and brick arch in test boilers in low-water tests. the boilers it extended to a width of approximately 200 feet. Each boiler was set on two concrete piers, one under the firebox approximately 10 feet square, and the other under the barrel of the boiler of much smaller dimensions. These are well shown by Figs. 66 and 67. The location of the boilers with reference to each other and to surrounding fe...
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