. Railway mechanical engineer . about right. Hewas not a cut-and-try mechanic. He could not tell you justhow he did secure results, but he got them just the same. Shortly after this conversation the blacksmith was askedby an apprentice who was under instruction, why it was thattoo much draft in a fire was nut a good thing for a weldingheat. Xo answer was forthcoming. When after the next classperiod the apprentice explained the reason of scale or oxidi-zation, he was submitted to much chaffing. Why, that wasplumb theory; it was worse than that, it was c-h-e-m-i-s-t-r-y,a science, a study for lo
. Railway mechanical engineer . about right. Hewas not a cut-and-try mechanic. He could not tell you justhow he did secure results, but he got them just the same. Shortly after this conversation the blacksmith was askedby an apprentice who was under instruction, why it was thattoo much draft in a fire was nut a good thing for a weldingheat. Xo answer was forthcoming. When after the next classperiod the apprentice explained the reason of scale or oxidi-zation, he was submitted to much chaffing. Why, that wasplumb theory; it was worse than that, it was c-h-e-m-i-s-t-r-y,a science, a study for long gray beards who puttered aroundand did little real work. This was a blacksmith shop wherethey were paid to get out the work. This may appear to be exaggerated, but it is an exampleof what is occurring in most shops—not blacksmith shopsalone, but all manner of shops. It is what has happened,what is happening and what will happen; it is the inevitablecondition which surrounds progress. Progress may be called Bars Cut 62 long. -67kLength of Rail -*{ A Convenient Rack for Storing Smoke Box Fronts upright position, spaced 2] 2 in. apart, which is far enoughto allow a crane to handle the fronts. The uprights areformed of old 1%-in. truss rods removed from gondola carsto which steel underframes have been applied. The carryingmembers are old 80-lb. rails and the supports are standardcast iron rail stops. The crossties are also made of oldtruss rods. The smaller rack is for front ends from 56 _•-in. in diameter to 66rj-in. in diameter and the larger rackfor front ends 70^4-in. in diameter to Ql^-in. in diameterThese racks are now in use at our various shops and haveproved very satisfactory. Mixture for Preventing Scaling or StationaryBoilers.—A mixture for preventing scale in boilers, con-sisting of graphite and caustic soda in the proportion of50 oz. to 30 lb., has been found effective, it is said, by thechief engineer of a private plant operating two & W. boilers. T
Size: 2751px × 908px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectrailroadengineering
