Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1892 — “Trapping” Steam. [ARTICLE]

“Trapping” Steam.

Wessay that we "shell” peas when we unshell them, and for the same Reason of contraries, probably, we ipeak of a steam-trap when it is a

trap Intended to catch, the water and let the steam go free. Be that as it may, however —and they say that a rose would smell as sweet by any other name—steam-traps are very useful and sensible affairs, where there are long lines of pipe between boiler and engine. or heating apparatus. They save cylinder heads or pistons being smashed by the 'water, which is either carried over from the boiler or formed by condensation of the steam against the cold walls of the pipes. They stop the hammering which is hoard in steam-heated buildings where the steam comes a long way, particularly if it comes on horizontal lines. If they are properly constructed and mounted they will return to the boiler the water of condensation, and thus prove cpal savers, for the hotter the feed water is the more cheaply steam can be made. Furthermore, it is much better to run back into the boiler the water that has dropped its scale or other deposit, than to introduce new feed with new quantities of material which tend to coat the sheets.