. The Locomotive . , D. C. FREEMAN,W. G. LINEBURGH,GEO. P. BURWELL,W. B. CASSILY, CHIEF INSPECTORS. R. K. McMURRAY, WM. G. PIKE, JOSEPH CRAGG, WM. U. FAIRBAIRN, B. M. LORD, H. D. P. BIGELOW, J. S. WILSON, F. S. ALLEN, W. S. FOX, A. C. GETCHELL, J. S. WILSON, OFFICES. New Yokk City. Philadelphia. Baltimore. Boston, Mass. Providence, R. I. Chicago, III. St. Louis, Mo. Hartford. Bridgeport. Cleveland. Cincinnati. Office,285 Broadway. 430 Walnut St. 10 10 Pemberton Sq. 42 Weybosset St. 132 La Salle St. 404 Market St. 218 Main St. 3i;8 Main St. 246 Superior West Third St. Site
. The Locomotive . , D. C. FREEMAN,W. G. LINEBURGH,GEO. P. BURWELL,W. B. CASSILY, CHIEF INSPECTORS. R. K. McMURRAY, WM. G. PIKE, JOSEPH CRAGG, WM. U. FAIRBAIRN, B. M. LORD, H. D. P. BIGELOW, J. S. WILSON, F. S. ALLEN, W. S. FOX, A. C. GETCHELL, J. S. WILSON, OFFICES. New Yokk City. Philadelphia. Baltimore. Boston, Mass. Providence, R. I. Chicago, III. St. Louis, Mo. Hartford. Bridgeport. Cleveland. Cincinnati. Office,285 Broadway. 430 Walnut St. 10 10 Pemberton Sq. 42 Weybosset St. 132 La Salle St. 404 Market St. 218 Main St. 3i;8 Main St. 246 Superior West Third St. Site Itatwrtte. PUBLISHED BY THE HARTFORD STEAM BOILER INSPECTION AND INSURANCE COMPANY. New Series—Vol. I. HARTFORD, CONN., JUNE, 1880. No. 6. Experiments on the Explosion of Steam Boilers, by a Committeeof the Franklin Institute in 1835 These valuable experiments were undertaken at the request of the Secretary of theTreasury, and the report was published in the journal of the Institute, in January andFebruary, They have been interpreted by some writers as contributing to the support of ex-plosion theories, and to advertise safety-plugs, and other devices, for the prevention of 90 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [June, explosions. It seems proper to review these experiments in the light of this companysexperience, so that its patrons and other readers of The Locomotive may duly estimatethe value of the support which it is claimed they afford the theories and devices abovementioned. The illustrations are made from the text, and the drawings of the report ofthe committee, with the intention of giving, to some extent, self-explaining views of theessential features of the apparatus, omitting some details which relate more particularlyto accuracy in scientific data. Fig 1 is a sectional elevation ofone of the experimental boilers,which was a plain cylinder -12 dia. by 34 long with cast-metalheads, set in brick; and Figs. 2and 3 are respectively front andrear end views of the same 4
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