. Science of railways . outat the hole B. In the operation of the Hancock Coal Sprinkler even theInexperienced are in no danger of accidents. From the abovedescription it will be seen that the apparatus is so arrangedas to be operated entirely by opening or closing one valve —the steam valve in the cab; it meets and takes care of eachof the conditions which are the common cause of accidents;and its construction is such that it also drains itself underall conditions, thus making its operation certain no matterwhat the temperature may be. NATHAN COAL SPRINKLER The purpose of this device is to fu
. Science of railways . outat the hole B. In the operation of the Hancock Coal Sprinkler even theInexperienced are in no danger of accidents. From the abovedescription it will be seen that the apparatus is so arrangedas to be operated entirely by opening or closing one valve —the steam valve in the cab; it meets and takes care of eachof the conditions which are the common cause of accidents;and its construction is such that it also drains itself underall conditions, thus making its operation certain no matterwhat the temperature may be. NATHAN COAL SPRINKLER The purpose of this device is to furnish water under suffi-cient pressure for wetting down the locomotive deck andsprinkling the coal, but at a much lower temperature thanthat at the delivery of the ordinary boiler-feeding injector,thereby avoiding accidents to engineers and firemen. Directions: (1) Attach the sprinkler on a line with thetop level of water in the tank, and never lower than abouteight inches below that level. LOCOMOTIVE APPLIANCES. 305. ee cz c f ) Figure 1 306 LOCOMOTIVE APPLIANCES. STEAM j^HOSE
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