Steam Boilers: Their Defects, Management, and ConstructionC. Griffin & Company, Limited, 1903 - 157 páginas |
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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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