This occurs if the fireman has failed to maintain water level or the level indicator ( gauge glass ) is faulty.
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The transmission has eight ring-lubricator type bearings fed by pipes from feeders with gauge glasses visible from beneath the car.
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However, in 1914 he was badly injured while driving a steam train when the gauge glass of the engine burst and he lost the sight of one eye.
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The gauge glass cocks and tubes and fusible plug should be cleared of scale; if the core of the fusible plug shows signs of calcination the item should be replaced.
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High-quality block mica is processed to line the gauge glasses of high-pressure steam boilers because of its flexibility, transparency, and resistance to heat and chemical attack.
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It consisted of a water gauge glass with a piece of carbon, filed by hand and drilled at each end, for the electrodes, and hermetically sealed at both ends, having a petcock at one end with a brass tube to exhaust the air.