Identifier: railwaymechanica96newy (find matches)
Title: Railway mechanical engineer
Year: 1916 (1910s)
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Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads Railroad cars
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Simmons-Boardman Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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. The evaporation per jxiund of fuel is phenomenal, as forthree of the full tonnage runs made between Detroit andToledo, the total water divided by total fuel averaged 9.7lb. which indicates a combined efficiency for the boiler andsuperheater of about 77 per cent.
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Right Side of the Locomotive, Showing Removable Plate Over Superheater Header and Outside Throttle Riflfllng 502 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER Vol. 96, No. 9 Nick-Bend Test for Wrought Iron* THE material examined represents the finished productof four different manufacturers and an intermediatestage in wrought-iron manufacture from a fifth source, ninegrades in all being tested. The methods used for fracturing the nicked bars variedfrom a slowly applied transverse bending stress to a severesingle-blow impact stress. This range is permitted by mostcurrent American specifications. Although the investigationhas not been comprehensive enough to furnish answers to allthe questions which may arise concerning the nick-bend testfor wrought iron, the results obtained are definite enough topermit certain conclusions being drawTi and to warrant cer-tain recommendations concerning the test. 1. The rate of application of the stress used in rupturingthe^ bars appears to be one of the most important f

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