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Instructions for the Operation and Maintenance of Boilers (1943)
Bureau of Ships Manual
Chapter 51: Boilers
$189

Book Listed on Site 12/10/2011
Instructions for the Operation and Maintenance of Boilers (1943)
Chapter 51 of the Bureau of Ships Manual
United States Navy Department
Copyright 1943
167 pages.

This is a Navy technical manual which specifies in detail how boilers should be operated and maintained.  This is only Chapter 51 from the Bureau of Ships Manual.

Asbestos Reference:
There is one specific mention of asbestos.  In the section about gaskets for boiler manhole and handhole, it specifies asbestos metallic cloth gaskets for saturated steam below 300 pounds per square inch boiler pressure.

Also of possible interest:
This book contains sections on maintenance of brickwork, boiler casings, tubes, and drums and headers, just to name a few topics.

CONDITION: Good. Covers have minor wear. Pages are clean and unmarked.

SEE ALSO:  Navy Books