. Science of railways . Fig. Locomotive. Gauge Cock. Gauge Cocks.—In addition to the general useof glass water gauges, gauge cocks are used sup-plementarily for the same purpose. There are gen-erally three, sometimes four. The top and bottomones are placed on the boiler at about a level withthe top and bottom of the glass gauge and are usedto determine the water level when the glass gauge 334 LOCOMOTIVE APPLIANCES. is out of use from breakage or otherwise. Fig. 4shows a standard pattern of locomotive gaugecock, so constructed that it can be separated forthe purpose of re-packing o
. Science of railways . Fig. Locomotive. Gauge Cock. Gauge Cocks.—In addition to the general useof glass water gauges, gauge cocks are used sup-plementarily for the same purpose. There are gen-erally three, sometimes four. The top and bottomones are placed on the boiler at about a level withthe top and bottom of the glass gauge and are usedto determine the water level when the glass gauge 334 LOCOMOTIVE APPLIANCES. is out of use from breakage or otherwise. Fig. 4shows a standard pattern of locomotive gaugecock, so constructed that it can be separated forthe purpose of re-packing or re-grinding the work-ing parts without detaching it from the boilerwhile the necessary repairs are being made. LOCOMOTIVE APPLIANCES. 335 u ^ae
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