Comments on: The Sultana – Part 2: How do boilers go boom?

the reason for the massibe break in bottle and can is water hammer - reports are that at moment of release by first penetration the water begins moving and then urges towards the release site but...

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Part 2: How do boilers go boom?

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track my discoveries leading up to the revelation of the causes of the explosion. In the next post, I will look at boiler explosion theory and what the engineers in 1865 did and did not know abo...

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In a previous post, I discussed the extent of engineers’ knowledge in the mid-1800’s and compared that to today’s knowledge of boiler explosion science. Probably the most commonly cited th...

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