Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1909 . wouldbe open in proportion to the differencein temperature. I think, however, thatin the majority of cases very little dis-cretion would be used in this regard,and that the valves either would beturned on full or entirely closed, so thatno benefit would be derived from thisfeature of the apparatus. In this construction the boiler mustbe so arranged that the pressure ofsteam can not run above two pounds, sothat the water cannot back up into theradiators; and in the ease we are illus-trating it is assumed that there will beat least five f
Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1909 . wouldbe open in proportion to the differencein temperature. I think, however, thatin the majority of cases very little dis-cretion would be used in this regard,and that the valves either would beturned on full or entirely closed, so thatno benefit would be derived from thisfeature of the apparatus. In this construction the boiler mustbe so arranged that the pressure ofsteam can not run above two pounds, sothat the water cannot back up into theradiators; and in the ease we are illus-trating it is assumed that there will beat least five feet of water line, whichwill admit of two pounds pressure onI he boiler without danger of backing upinto the radiators. In this case we speci- article as new. My purpose simply is toshow the state of. the art in the earlydays of steam warming and the partwe played in advancing it. The $100,000 that the directors of theNova Scotia mine at Cobalt have votedis for the purpose of erecting a twenty-stamp mill with an amalgamation andcyaniding process E. D. Higginbotham (on left) and Charles Cameron (in centre), Fort William,shaking hands with a Texas Delegate at the Detroit Convention ofMaster Plumbers, From the Plumbers Trade Journal. 10 August 16, 1909. PLUMBER AND STEAMFITTER The Installation of Bath Room Fixtures Some Tips Given by Phoenix in Domestic Engineering on Set-ting Plumbing Fixtures. It is a comparatively easy matter tothrow in the fixtures any old way in abath room. The question is, however,how long are the fixtures going to holdup? Several weeks since, the writer wasin the toilet room of a certain hotel inthe southwest, when suddenly there wasa crash,and a splash and a tremendousbanging in one of the adjoining sections,ajid a drummer emerged dripping withwater and the tank of a closet hanginggracefully upon his left ear. What thatdrummer said when freed from his en-cumbrance would not look well in print. A short time ago the wife of one ofthe neighbors while
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