. The railroad and engineering journal . several timescaused the death of the stoker, not to mention very numer- Vol LXV. No. li.] fiNGlNEERlNG JOURNAL. 56 ous injuries. A man need only be caught for a second ortwo in the rush of boiling water and steam to receive in-juries rendering him incapable of flight, and causing himto sink down and be scalded to death. Several attempts have been made to design gauge fit-tings that would close automatically upon the breaking ofthe glass, but without complete success. At length, how-ever, Messrs. J. Hopkinson & Company, of BritanniaWorks, Huddersfield, h
. The railroad and engineering journal . several timescaused the death of the stoker, not to mention very numer- Vol LXV. No. li.] fiNGlNEERlNG JOURNAL. 56 ous injuries. A man need only be caught for a second ortwo in the rush of boiling water and steam to receive in-juries rendering him incapable of flight, and causing himto sink down and be scalded to death. Several attempts have been made to design gauge fit-tings that would close automatically upon the breaking ofthe glass, but without complete success. At length, how-ever, Messrs. J. Hopkinson & Company, of BritanniaWorks, Huddersfield, have brought out the fitting shownin the annexed engraving, which completely answers all Fig. I THE VIEGE-ZERMATT RAILROAD. (Condensed from Industries.) Of the great number of English tourists who every sum-mer visit Switzerland, probably only a comparatively smallpercentage ever reach Zermatt, and yet the little mountainvillage, lying high up in the Pennine Alps, is, perhaps,one of the most favored spots in that most favored coiin-. requirements, protecting the stokers perfectly, and beingat the same time free from all danger of giving false indica-tions. As will be seen, there is a valve both in the steam andin the water arm, and both these valves come to the seat incase of accident. The lower ball valve A is made so heavythat it cannot be held up against its seat by the pressureof the column of water in the boiler, and consequentlythere is no danger of the wafer being trapped in the glassand kept there to give a false indication. Further, the ballis of such a weight that it will not be carried up by the PROFILE OF THE VlfeOEZERMATT RAILROAD. try. The reason is, however, not far to seek. From
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