Steam-Boiler Explosions, in Theory And in Practice
Steam-Boiler Explosions, in Theory And in Practice
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Davis, President of the New York and Bos- ton Steamboat Co. , in a letter addressed, Dec. 7, 1831, to the Collector of the Port of New York, and con- cerning inquiries of the U. S. Treasury Department, wrote : * " I have noted that by far the greater number of ac- cidents by explosion and collapsing of boilers and flues, I might say seven-tenths, have occurred either while the boat was at rest, or immediately on starting, particu- f Journal Franklin Inst. , 1837, vol. 17. * Report of Steam Boil...ers, H. R. , 1832.
LOW WATER, 67 larly after temporary stoppages to take in or land pas- sengers. These accidents may occur from directly opposite causes, either by not letting off enough steam, or by letting off too much; the latter is by far the most de- structive. " The idea of this writer was that the " letting off of too much " steam, by producing low water, was the most frequent cause of explosions, an idea which has never since been lost sight of.
The chief engineer of the Manchester (G. B.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Davis, President of the New York and Bos- ton Steamboat Co. , in a letter addressed, Dec. 7, 1831, to the Collector of the Port of New York, and con- cerning inquiries of the U. S. Treasury Department, wrote : * " I have noted that by far the greater number of ac- cidents by explosion and collapsing of boilers and flues, I might say seven-tenths, have occurred either while the boat was at rest, or immediately on starting, particu- f Journal Franklin Inst. , 1837, vol. 17. * Report of Steam Boil...ers, H. R. , 1832.
LOW WATER, 67 larly after temporary stoppages to take in or land pas- sengers. These accidents may occur from directly opposite causes, either by not letting off enough steam, or by letting off too much; the latter is by far the most de- structive. " The idea of this writer was that the " letting off of too much " steam, by producing low water, was the most frequent cause of explosions, an idea which has never since been lost sight of.
The chief engineer of the Manchester (G. B.
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