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... allowed to run for months , in some cases , without being washed out . a boiler become fouled by scale and mud , and enormous losses are sus- tained . For instance , the heat - conducting power of iron is about thirty times greater than ...
... allowed to run for months , in some cases , without being washed out . a boiler become fouled by scale and mud , and enormous losses are sus- tained . For instance , the heat - conducting power of iron is about thirty times greater than ...
Page 12
... allowed to wear too thin . The managers of that road still insist upon using cast iron gibs as being the cheapest . The use of cast iron gibs upon the cross - heads of passenger engines cannot be too strongly condemned , as being highly ...
... allowed to wear too thin . The managers of that road still insist upon using cast iron gibs as being the cheapest . The use of cast iron gibs upon the cross - heads of passenger engines cannot be too strongly condemned , as being highly ...
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... allowed to be made in the shop . Th result in this case was that the engine was delayed fc two weeks , when it should have been out on the roa within as many hours , had the master mechanic bee allowed to have an extra gland in stock ...
... allowed to be made in the shop . Th result in this case was that the engine was delayed fc two weeks , when it should have been out on the roa within as many hours , had the master mechanic bee allowed to have an extra gland in stock ...
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