. The railroad and engineering journal . Some articles have been written lately respecting thevarious fuel-testing stations which have been establishedin Germany and elsewhere, and urging their adoption inEngland. With the penetration and scientific insight thatdistinguishes them, the Germans were among the first toperceive that the introduction of steam and machinery had fL3^. THE WARD launch; BOILER. THE WARD BOILER. upper end of the brass tube that is above the hanging tubeinto the lower portion of the drum. The small quantity of water in the tubes relatively totheir heating surface causes
. The railroad and engineering journal . Some articles have been written lately respecting thevarious fuel-testing stations which have been establishedin Germany and elsewhere, and urging their adoption inEngland. With the penetration and scientific insight thatdistinguishes them, the Germans were among the first toperceive that the introduction of steam and machinery had fL3^. THE WARD launch; BOILER. THE WARD BOILER. upper end of the brass tube that is above the hanging tubeinto the lower portion of the drum. The small quantity of water in the tubes relatively totheir heating surface causes the circulation in this boilerto be very rapid. The discussion on this paper showed a general opinionin favor of some form of tubulous boiler. Admitting thenecessity of greater care and watchfulness and of frequentcleaning, it was still considered that the demand for higherpressures could be met by this class of boiler, and that theadvantages in the diminished space and weight were un-doubted. One member advocated the claims of the Belle-ville boiler, saying that it had hardly received fair treat-ment in the tests made. It may be noted here that the Ward boiler has beenadopted for the coast defense ship Monterey, now underconstruction at San Francisco, which is to have four ofthese boilers. revolutionized industry, and that it was, therefore, essen-tial that the working
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