Each section is made up of a series of straight tubes expanded at their ends into sinuous steel boxes known as " headers." The tubes are thus staggered. Extending across the front of the boiler, and connected to the upper ends of the front headers by... Forged Steel Water-tube Marine Boilers ... - Page 21by Babcock & Wilcox Company - 1914 - 220 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alexander Ritchie Leask - 1902 - 328 pages
...expanded at their ends into sinuous steel boxes known as " headers." The tubes are thus staggered. Extending across the front of the boiler and connected to the upper ends of the front headers by short tubes is a horizontal steam and water drum of ample dimensions. As the upper... | |
| Charles Haynes Hughes - 1917 - 774 pages
...a continuous circulation in one direction are placed at an inclination of 15° with the horizontal. Extending across the front of the boiler and connected...4-inch tubes is a horizontal steam and water drum. As the upper ends of the rear headers are also connected to this drum by horizontal 4-inch tubes each... | |
| Ernest Pull - 1918 - 312 pages
...expanded at their ends into sinuous steel boxes known as " headers ". The tubes are thus staggered. Extending across the front of the boiler, and connected to the upper ends of the front headers by short tubes, is a horizontaljsteam and water drum of ample dimensions. As the upper... | |
| LAWRENCE B. CHAPMAN - 1922 - 336 pages
...fitted for burning oil. casing; prevent the adherence of clinkers, and are of sufficient thickness to withstand the wear and tear of the fire tools. Extending...boiler and connected to the upper ends of the headers is a horizontal steam and water drum of ample dimensions. As the upper ends of the rear headers are... | |
| Frederick James Drover - 1924 - 550 pages
...expanded at their ends into sinuous steel boxes known as " headers." The tubes are thus staggered. Extending across the front of the boiler, and connected to the upper ends of the front headers by short tubes, is a horizontal steam and water drum of ample dimensions. As the upper... | |
| United States. Merchant Marine Council - 1963 - 1004 pages
...expanded at their ends into sinuous steel boxes known as “headers.” The tubes are thus staggered. Extending across the front of the boiler and connected to the upper ends of the front headers by short tubes is a horizontal steam and water drum. As the upper ends of the rear headers... | |
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