Chapter CXLIX: Section 86: Tanks, Cisterns and Reservoirs
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(_See also p. 192._)
=2502. Steel bottle for compressed gases, &c.=
=Barrels and casks= are used as tanks.
=Tuns and vats= are large casks formed of planking hooped at frequent
intervals.
=Square or rectangular vats= are formed either of wood, held together
by long bolts, or of slate slabs secured in a similar way.
=Compound tanks.= Where it is inconvenient to employ or erect one
large tank, several smaller ones are connected together by circulating
pipes.
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