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And can we talk about how clickbaity the title is? Like, pressure vessel full of tubes explode… what would you expect to see but a bunch of bent tubes.
by TylerE 4y ago
And can we talk about how clickbaity the title is?
Like, pressure vessel full of tubes explode… what would you expect to see but a bunch of bent tubes.
- etrautmann 4y agoI had no idea and was generally fascinated by the aesthetics of these boiler explosions, title aside.
- jefftk 4y agoI think some of this is that a lot of people don't know (and I think I didn't know until I first saw this set of photos years ago) that steam engine boilers were full of tubes.
- bombcar 4y agoSteam boilers were early internets - completely a series of tubes. But you’re right - many people think a steam engine is a hot water tank in its side.
- vmilner 4y agoThat was one of the innovations of Stephenson’s “Rocket” locomotive that won the famous Rainhill speed trials easily.(Increased surface area of pipes with hot gases in helps boil the water more efficiently.)
- cranekam 4y agoI consider myself quite technically minded and interested in the workings of machines. I had not considered what was inside a steam engine's boiler before, nor what one would look like after an explosion. The pictures are indeed bizarre, looking almost like entrails hanging out in many cases. I find them even a bit creepy. So for me, and likely most others, the title is not clickbaity and the content is not what one might expect.
- alehlopeh 4y agoDid the title change? Seems to me it describes what the article is about and nothing more. If this is clickbait then what isn’t clickbait?