Steam boiler explosions, in theory and in pactice; . fmanufacture which includes some machine fitting andworking to gauge of interchangeable parts, with regularinspection before assemblage, this supervision becomesless essential, and a careful test and trial previous to ac-ceptance, may be all that is necessary to insure a satisfac -tory and safe construction. Whenever defective materialor bad workmanship is detected, the fault should alwaysbe corrected before the boiler is accepted, and previous toany trial or use under steam. Careless riveting and the io6 STEAM BOILER EXPLOSION^. use of the
Steam boiler explosions, in theory and in pactice; . fmanufacture which includes some machine fitting andworking to gauge of interchangeable parts, with regularinspection before assemblage, this supervision becomesless essential, and a careful test and trial previous to ac-ceptance, may be all that is necessary to insure a satisfac -tory and safe construction. Whenever defective materialor bad workmanship is detected, the fault should alwaysbe corrected before the boiler is accepted, and previous toany trial or use under steam. Careless riveting and the io6 STEAM BOILER EXPLOSION^. use of the drift-pin are defects which cannot often bereadily detected afterward, and they are such commoncauses of explosion that too much care cannot be takento avoid any establishment of which the reputation, inthis regard, is not the best Defective welds, the cause of many unfortunate acci-dents following the yielding stays or braces, are amongthe most common and least easily detected of all are due to the difficulty of producing metallic con-.
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