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Steam-pipe.

Any pipe conveying steam. Notably,—

1. The pipe leading from a boiler to an engine, pan, tank, and what not; or from the same to a condenser or to the open air, as the case may be. Known as induction and exhaust respectively.

The loss of steam from condensation in a well-protected steam-pipe may be taken approximately as 1 lb. of steam per indicated horse-power per hour for each 100 feet of steam-pipe. In such a case, a stuffing-box expansion-joint should be provided in the steam-pipe allowing an expansion of 2 1/4 inches for each 100 feet in length.

2. One of the supply-pipes in a system of steam heating or drying.

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