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Title: Engineering Bulletin No 1: Boiler and Furnace Testing

Author: Rufus T. Strohm

Release Date: December 20, 2006 [EBook #20146]

Language: English

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UNITED STATES FUEL ADMINISTRATION
BUREAU OF CONSERVATION

Engineering Bulletin No. 1

BOILER AND FURNACE
TESTING

Prepared by

Rufus T. Strohm
Associate Editor, Power

[Illustration: Maximum Production

Minimum Waste]

WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1918

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MAXIMUM PRODUCTION.

MINIMUM WASTE.

The United States Fuel Administration is making every effort,
through the producers and transportation lines, to obtain an
adequate supply of fuel for the industries of the country.

Twenty-five to fifty million tons of coal a year can be saved by
the improved operation of steam-power plants without changing their
present equipment and without abating their production the
slightest.

It is absolutely necessary that this saving be realized, if our
overburdened railroads are to be relieved and our industries kept
in full operation.

The extent to which it will be realized depends upon the
cooperation of the owners, engineers, and firemen of every power
plant of the country.

YOUR FIRING LINE IS AT THE FURNACE DOOR.

DAVID MOFFAT MYERS,
_Advisory Engineer to United States Fuel Administration_.

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BOILER AND FURNACE TESTING.

By RUFUS T. STROHM.

NECESSITY FOR TESTING BOILERS.

A boiler test is necessary in order to determine how well th