The New-York Review, Volume 4George Dearborn & Company, 1839 |
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Page 463
... boiler must at last give way . The fracture in these cases will begin at the weakest point in the boiler , which no per- fection of workmanship , or regularity of figure , can render equally strong throughout , and except in extreme ...
... boiler must at last give way . The fracture in these cases will begin at the weakest point in the boiler , which no per- fection of workmanship , or regularity of figure , can render equally strong throughout , and except in extreme ...
Page 464
... boilers employed on the Mississippi river , steam is never used at tensions of more than seven atmospheres , and the strongest boilers would give way under an expansive force of from two to three times that amount . If , then , a boiler ...
... boilers employed on the Mississippi river , steam is never used at tensions of more than seven atmospheres , and the strongest boilers would give way under an expansive force of from two to three times that amount . If , then , a boiler ...
Page 465
... boiler should give way under such circumstances , a rent of dimensions equal to the safety valve , provided the boiler be of such tenacious material as cop- per or wrought iron , will be sufficient to give vent to the steam . In this ...
... boiler should give way under such circumstances , a rent of dimensions equal to the safety valve , provided the boiler be of such tenacious material as cop- per or wrought iron , will be sufficient to give vent to the steam . In this ...
Page 466
... boiler can possibly resist , and that the least rent in the boiler , under such circumstances , must infallibly be followed by explosion . It will be easily seen that a supply of aqueous matter , in the form which is most efficient to ...
... boiler can possibly resist , and that the least rent in the boiler , under such circumstances , must infallibly be followed by explosion . It will be easily seen that a supply of aqueous matter , in the form which is most efficient to ...
Page 467
... boilers , and all their respective parts , are of exactly equal strength ; we therefore conceive that the fact , that more than a single boiler explodes at the same in- stant , is positive and conclusive evidence that the cause which we ...
... boilers , and all their respective parts , are of exactly equal strength ; we therefore conceive that the fact , that more than a single boiler explodes at the same in- stant , is positive and conclusive evidence that the cause which we ...
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