. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . mp leading from the engine to tttender, and this will frequently rot out 0account of the water and oil whichdirectly from the pump, renderingbrake entirely useless in case of a ruptiAs to the storage capacity of the mdrum, there is only one rule. Make i The largerIf there is not room anywhere from may not be amiss here. It is not, asmany suppose, entirely the result of leak-age post the piston-rod from the steamcylinder. In fact, comparatively very * Railroad Coppersmlthlng—V Itiiible consequence of in s


. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . mp leading from the engine to tttender, and this will frequently rot out 0account of the water and oil whichdirectly from the pump, renderingbrake entirely useless in case of a ruptiAs to the storage capacity of the mdrum, there is only one rule. Make i The largerIf there is not room anywhere from may not be amiss here. It is not, asmany suppose, entirely the result of leak-age post the piston-rod from the steamcylinder. In fact, comparatively very * Railroad Coppersmlthlng—V Itiiible consequence of in suspension,and of course the more cubic feet of;we compress into one cubic foot the mtmoisture there will be in that one cubic fountil, finally, it bany plus there may be is precipitated and col-lects in the bottom of the receptacle. The pipe connections from the pumpand engineers valve should both be madenear the top or highest side ofso that any water that may collect in thebottom may not interfere with the flowof air through them. This is especiallytrue of the pipe leading from th^. Chimney tops, or tops of smoke funneli:,ig- 73. are made of copper usually, onand because of thedifficulty in making or forming them ofsheet iron. A chimney top, if properlyformed, adds much to the beauty of thechimney or smoke funnel. The bell curveshould be elliptical, as shown in C, Fig. 73, by quite disinterested persons when newturned out of the shopr a new one brought from another has proved conclusively that wherelake curves or flourishesof a similar nature to that of a chimneytop. those that please the practical eye the Elliptical curve. Let us suppose we havechimney tops for alocomotive chimney, and let the bell or topdiameter at A be 26 inches when complete,and have a half-inch iron ring for thecrown plate to lay on and a half inch toturn over to fasten in the crown plate, andlet the funnel be 14 inches tiB, as shown iu Eig. 73. The pattern isthe first thing in order, whi


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