A textbook on the locomotive and the air brake (1901) (14756577784)

Identifier: textbookonlocomo02inte (find matches)
Title: A textbook on the locomotive and the air brake
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: International Correspondence Schools
Subjects: Locomotives Locomotive boilers Locomotives Railroad cars
Publisher: Scranton, Pa., International textbook co
Contributing Library: Northeastern University, Snell Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Northeastern University, Snell Library



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at have been thus improved upon. PLATFORM AND \T:STIBTJLE LAMPS. 34. Fig. 27 shows the method of putting up the platfoi-mlamps. The lamp should be placed so as to bring the springcatch t nearest the door of the car; the cock u u will then be onthe right-hand side of the lamp to a person coming out of the car. The ventilating chimney 0 should be cut to suit the thickness ofthe roof, maintaining the proper relation to the lamp body byworking to the dimensions shown in the illustration. The outer, or ventilating, chimney is to be soldered to the roofR, where it passes through the latter. Observe that the top ofthe ventilator M must be in line with the top of the ventilatorsbelonging to the center lamps. Care must be exercised in keep-ing the air inlets v, v free; see that these spaces are not closedup with paint in the first instance and that they are keptclear afterwards. If the above two points relating to theventilators and air inlets are not observed, the lamps willnot burn properly.
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I § 12 CAR LIGHTING. 31 PUTTING ON THE GLOBES. 35. When about to put on the upper glass, or dome, of anarm lamp, first unscrew the croivn I from the chimney of thelamp (see Fig. 24). After the dome is in place, put this crownon again, screwing it up snugly against the dome, so as to holdthe latter on tightly. Untwist a ring of asbestos wick and put it around the bottomedge of the dome at m, between the glass and the iron ring(see also Fig. 10). This makes the joint around the bottomof the dome air-tight. There is no occasion to solder the ventilators to the roof, pro-vided the thimbles are made to fit the ventilators closely. BURNERS. 36., The burner tips to be used on all fixtures are No. 40,shown in Fig. 28. The threads of all burnersshould be painted with lead paint before screw-ing in. This burner consists of a small lava tipof the fish-tail variety, held in a special brasspillar. Such a burner consumes about f cubicfoot per hour. The No. 40 burner is recommendedfor all fixtures,