The peculiar oscillations of water in steam boilers, as indicated by the steam gage, have been a subject of common remark. The causes for these oscillations are imperfectly understood by many in ...

which contains some interesting experiments in relation to the use of sea water in our steam boilers. There are some difficulties attending its use which are not easily provided for, but perhaps ...

Water-tube boilers feed water through a system of tubing. The tubing is surrounded by a boiler drum filled with hot gases from the furnace; the heat in the drum is transferred to the water tubing to ...