Category: Engineering & Technology
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2. Part 2The front axle is supplied with a ball-bearing bolster, which supports the front end of boiler. The engine has the Friction Clutch, Link Reverse Gear, Long Heater, Independent P...
3. Part 3A. There are two ways of cleaning flues, viz: with a steam blower and a scraper. The latter is more commonly used and when properly applied does its work most efficiently.
4. Part 4=An Automatic Oiler= is used on an engine to keep the cylinder, piston and valve lubricated, and is most essential for the safety and easy operation of these parts. It works aut...
5. Part 5The engine is of the Side Crank, Side Gear style, the frame of which is the girder pattern with bored guides, and has an overhanging cylinder attached to one end, and contains t...
6. Part 6This style of engine ranges in size from 35 to 350 horse-power approximately, the speed of the smaller ones ranging from 275 to 325 revolutions, and of the larger from 160 to 18...
7. Part 7A. There are several remedies for priming, none of which will apply effectually in all cases. Where insufficient capacity is the cause, the only remedy is a larger boiler. In ot...
8. Part 8_When you have_ your boiler furnace to repair, and cannot get fire clay, take common earth mixed with water, in which you have dissolved a little salt; use same as fire clay, an...
9. Part 9A. No. When an engine is working at the rate of 10 horse-power, it is doing 10 horse-power all the time. It is an error to assume that such an engine is doing 10 horse-power per...
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