. Factory and industrial management. ry much less steam per horse-power hour than it did at the time of the Centennial. It is a pretty poorengine in these days of compound and triple-stage expansion that re-quires 30 pounds of water per hour per horse power, so that by thestandard mentioned boiler-makers and purchasers areboth handicapped; the boilermaker in furnishing a largerboiler than the engine needs,and the buyer in paying for is not to be supposed thatthe boiler maker alone is tosuffer for the want of a properstandard of rating. Just howhe may incur obligations andliabilities whic
. Factory and industrial management. ry much less steam per horse-power hour than it did at the time of the Centennial. It is a pretty poorengine in these days of compound and triple-stage expansion that re-quires 30 pounds of water per hour per horse power, so that by thestandard mentioned boiler-makers and purchasers areboth handicapped; the boilermaker in furnishing a largerboiler than the engine needs,and the buyer in paying for is not to be supposed thatthe boiler maker alone is tosuffer for the want of a properstandard of rating. Just howhe may incur obligations andliabilities which he should notis shown in a case of recentoccurence. A commercial firmordered a boiler of a certainnominal capacity, say 25 horsepower, which was furnishedand paid for promptly on pre-sentation of the bill. This boiler flue drilling machine andboiler was sent to the other peddies tapping apparatus. J - , , - 1 r Showing these portable tools at work on a marine side 01 the world, and afte; boiler. Smith & Coventry, MODERN BOILER-MAKING PRACTICE. 43
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