. The Locomotive . s: Thus the Germans had beenable, without our having the slightest suspicion of it, to throw up gigan-tic works at a few thousand meters from our lines. Several studentsomitted the word thousand in translating which rendered the pas-sage absurd enough, but one young lady improved on this by rendering: a few millimeters from our lines. She knew, in a vague way, that milli- had something to do with thousands. Similar mistakes may easily be avoided if one possesses a copy ofThe Metric System of Weights and Measures, published and for saleby The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection
. The Locomotive . s: Thus the Germans had beenable, without our having the slightest suspicion of it, to throw up gigan-tic works at a few thousand meters from our lines. Several studentsomitted the word thousand in translating which rendered the pas-sage absurd enough, but one young lady improved on this by rendering: a few millimeters from our lines. She knew, in a vague way, that milli- had something to do with thousands. Similar mistakes may easily be avoided if one possesses a copy ofThe Metric System of Weights and Measures, published and for saleby The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co., Hart-ford, Conn., U. S. A. This publication is a valuable, indexed hand-book of 196 pages of convenient size {zV^ ^ SVa) and substantiallybound, containing a brief history of the Metric System, and cornpara-tive tables carefully calculated, giving the English or United Statesequivalents in all the units of measurement. The price of the book, bound in sheepskin, is $ 212 THE LOCOMOTIVE [ Devoted to Power Plant Protection Published Qiarterly Wm. D. Halsey, , JULY, 1921. Single copies can be obtained free by calling at any of the cojtipanys agencies. Subscription price SO cents per year lihen mailed from this office. Recent bound one dollar each. Earlier ones t~vo dollars. Re (printing matter from this paper is pertnittcd if credited to The Locomotive of the Hartford Steam Boiler I. <k I. Co. IN the last issue of The Locomotive we published an article onfoundations for engines and called particular attention to theimportance of providing a well designed and well constructedfoundation. In addition to a solid foundation there are a number ofother conditions necessary for satisfactory operation and not theleast of these is the correct alignment of the component parts of theengine. Faults in design, in material, and in workmanship presenthazards in the operation of an engine that are many times mitigatedby accurate alignment. A
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