. American engineer . TtT ~ Ui December, 1912. AMERICAN ENGINEER. 621 lbs. respectively. If it is furtlier assumed that 8 lbs. ofwater can be evaporated for each pound of coal, at the speedcorresponding to tlie maxinuini inilicated horsepower, it is indi-cated that about S3 11)S. of fuel must be consumed on each rqiiarefoot of grate per hour, the total fuel consumiitinn prr himrbeing 6,480 lbs. for the Burlington engine. In many ways these locoinotives can be considered as a de-velopment based on the design of the 2-10-2 engines and ;.s faras possilde the details on the two classes have
. American engineer . TtT ~ Ui December, 1912. AMERICAN ENGINEER. 621 lbs. respectively. If it is furtlier assumed that 8 lbs. ofwater can be evaporated for each pound of coal, at the speedcorresponding to tlie maxinuini inilicated horsepower, it is indi-cated that about S3 11)S. of fuel must be consumed on each rqiiarefoot of grate per hour, the total fuel consumiitinn prr himrbeing 6,480 lbs. for the Burlington engine. In many ways these locoinotives can be considered as a de-velopment based on the design of the 2-10-2 engines and ;.s faras possilde the details on the two classes have been made inter-changeable. The boilers have the same outside diameter at thefront ring and have the same arrangement of both tubes andHues. The barrel is necessarily considerably shorter and thecombustion chamber is eliminated and the tubes have beenshortened to 21 ft. The taking out of the combustion chambermade the sloping bottom of the third sheet of the barrel un-necessary and in this case the same diameter is co
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