. American engineer and railroad journal . acksmith shop, as well as to the shearing of pocketrivets. Intkkestini- Use of Costpressed Aik.—The explosion in oneof the turrets of the United Staes battleship Missouri,which occurred with fatal results last Spring, is now beingguarded against by the use of compressed air. The explosion Linseed Oil Paints —It would perhaps be too strong ament ■• .not help feeling that our experiments seem to indicate that it is going to be difficult,not to say impossible, to make a perfectly water-resistant pro-tective coating out of a material which consists largel
. American engineer and railroad journal . acksmith shop, as well as to the shearing of pocketrivets. Intkkestini- Use of Costpressed Aik.—The explosion in oneof the turrets of the United Staes battleship Missouri,which occurred with fatal results last Spring, is now beingguarded against by the use of compressed air. The explosion Linseed Oil Paints —It would perhaps be too strong ament ■• .not help feeling that our experiments seem to indicate that it is going to be difficult,not to say impossible, to make a perfectly water-resistant pro-tective coating out of a material which consists largely of lin-seed oil. Substances brought forward as protective coatingswhich dry by evaporation of the solvent, seem to offer muchmore prospect of success.—Dr. C. B. V rican . for Testing Materials. Labge Generating Station.—The condensing equipment forthe new generating station of the Edison Illuminating Com-pany. South Boston, has sufficient capacity to condense 1lbs. of steam per hour with water at the summer temperatureeg. >i ks In murine air from ar,ir tti: liin al the pressure Is ln< r< indent to Insure against recurrence of the accident. I fork met D. II 0 I) The total iii•-ii11 ■■ O. II. Ii. 90 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. lUotablithed ISJii. --AMERICAN—. Engineer RAILROAD ^JOURNAL PUBLISHED MONTHLY ■T R. M. VAN J. S. BONSALL, Business Manager. 140 NASSAU STREET NEWT YORK. 6. in. BASFORD, V. WRIGHT, Associate Editor. MARCH. 1905. riptien.—$ a year for the United States and Canada; $ aear ta F< ■ the I ersal Post . Draft ur Post Office Order. ,,,,,! eo/urs I., pt for sale by thePost Office News Co. 1217 Dearborn 1 hoaoo. HI. :-:. 11 Boston, Roed ■ North Fourth St., st Louis, Mo. R. S. Do . Co., 346 I ifth Ave . PitUl ih. ta. <■,,., 1, Vhird St. Minni •so,,, 1. .. it Co., 1 ■ Bousi . i: f , Condon, England. umtiiviii, —Nothing will be inserted i
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