ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS. 33 



THIRD EDITION. Very fully Illustrated. Cloth, 4*. ML 



STEAM - BOILERS: 



THEIR DEFECTS, MANAGEMENT, AND CONSTRUCTION. 

 BY R D. MTJNRO, 



Chief Engineer of the Scottish Boiler Insurance and Engine Inspection Company. 



GENERAL CONTENTS. I. EXPLOSIONS caused (i) by Overheating of 

 Plates (2) By Defective and Overloaded Safety Valves (3) By Corrosion, 

 Internal or External (4) By Defective Design and Construction (Unsup- 

 ported Flue Tubes ; Unstrengthened Manholes ; Defective Staying ; Strength 

 of Rivetted Joints ; Factor of Safety) II. CONSTRUCTION OF VERTICAL 

 BOILERS : Shells Crown Plates and Uptake Tubes Man-Holes, Mud- 

 Holes, and Fire- Holes Fireboxes Mountings Management Cleaning 

 Table of Bursting Pressures of Steel Boilers Table of Rivetted Joints 

 Specifications and Drawings of Lancashire Boiler for Working Pressures (a) 

 So Ibs. ; (b) 200 Ibs. per square inch respectively. 



This work contains information of the first importance to every user of 

 Steam-power. It is a PRACTICAL work written for PRACTICAL men, the 

 language and rules being throughout of the simplest nature. 



"A Taluable companion for workmen and engineers engaged about Steam 

 Boilers, ought to be carefully studied, and ALWAYS AT HAND." Coll. Guardia*. 



" The book is VERY USEFUL, especially to steam users, artisans, and 

 young engineers." Engineer. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR, 



KITCHEN BOILER EXPLOSIONS: Why 



they Occur, and How to Prevent their Occurrence. A Practical Hand- 

 book based on Actual Experiment. With Diagrams and Coloured Plate, 

 Price 35. 



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