Mason, John Y. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating The report of a board of examiners to make experimental trials of inventions and plans for preventing explosions in steam boilers. Washington: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1845. First Edition. [12489]
Removed, no wrapper or binding, 9 x 5 1/2 inches, 60 clean pp. With one single and six folding plates. Good. Disbound.
28th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Doc. 405.
In March of 1843 Congress approved an act entitled, "An act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam." This after several disasters on steam powered vessels had killed hundreds of passengers, mainly in the waters of the American West. This report and study is the result of the investigation. This report was part of the process leading to the Steamboat Act of 1852, which established national standards for boiler construction and safety valves.
The plates are Evans' Safety Guard; A. B. Quinby's Vaporimeter; A. B. Quimby's Alarm Altometer; Mr. Sam'l Raub Jn's Double Self Acting Safety Valve; Longitudinal Section of Easton's Interior Safety Valve; Thos. S. Easton's Interior Safety Valve; Wm. Duff's Safety Apparatus; Daniel Barnum, Improvements in the Steam Engine.
Each of the safety inventions above are explained in great detail, with some having charts of figures and test results.
