In re Whitney’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “The imported articles consisted of certain ribbed steel cylinders, each one being ¡Bá feet, in length, 45 inches in diameter, flanged at one end, and weighing 5.10 pounds. They were manufiiclured at Sheffield, England, and 1he respondent, is the sole importer of them in the United Stales. They are not kept in stock, but are made to order and delivered to the purchaser in the condition in which they leave the factory. The importations in question were designed and adapted for (ho boilers of steamboats which were being built for the ¡Stoningtou Line by the Harlan & Hollingsworth Company. The manner of their use may be described in the language of the government’s witness (Kafer) in answer to the question: What is it necessary to do to them (the cylinders! before they are in a condition to be practically used in the boiler by having a fire built in them? A. Holes will lure to bo drilled in the flanges at either ends, holes being drilled in other parts of the boiler to correspond; rivets inserted in these holes, riveted up: the same made tight by calking. The bridge walls and grate bars are inserted in their proper places. A front is put in with a furnace door. Coal is put in the furnace. I am presuming now that other parts of the boiler are properly constructed. The coal may then be ignited. When thus ready for use in a boiler, all of the cylinder, except about 0 inches at the front, would be surrounded by water. The cylinder has now become', in part, practically a furnace, and,”

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   e.g. Thomas v. F. B. Vandegrift & Co.