This section is from the book "Scientific American Reference Book. A Manual for the Office, Household and Shop", by Albert A. Hopkins, A. Russell Bond. Also available from Amazon: Scientific American Reference Book.
The following table gives the draught area and heating surface of the various-sized boiler tubes and flues:
External Diameter. | Draught Area in Square Inches. | Draught Area in Square Feet. | Outside Heating Surface in Feet per Foot of Tube in Length. | Number of Tubes in One Square Foot of Draught Area. |
5/8.............. | .1636 | |||
¾.............. | .1963 | |||
1.............. | .575 | .0040 | .2618 | 250.0 |
1¼.............. | .968 | .0067 | .3272 | 149.3 |
1½.............. | 1.389 | .00964 | .3927 | 103.7 |
1¾.............. | 1.911 | .0133 | .4581 | 75.2 |
2.............. | 2.573 | .0179 | .5236 | 55.9 |
2¼.............. | 3.333 | .0231 | .5891 | 43.3 |
2½.............. | 4.083 | .0284 | .6545 | 35.2 |
2¾.............. | 5.027 | .0349 | .7200 | 28.7 |
3.............. | 6.070 | .0422 | .7854 | 23.7 |
3¼.............. | 7.116 | .0494 | .8508 | 20.2 |
3½.............. | 8.347 | .0580 | .9163 | 17.2 |
3¾................ | 9.676 | .0672 | .9818 | 14.9 |
4.............. | 10.93 | .0759 | 1.0472 | 13.2 |
4½.............. | 14.05 | .0996 | 1.1781 | 10.2 |
5.............. | 17.35 | .1205 | 1.3090 | 8.3 |
6.............. | 25.25 | .1753 | 1.5708 | 5.7 |
7.............. | 34.94 | .2426 | 1.8326 | 4.1 |
8.............. | 46.20 | .3208 | 2.0944 | 3.1 |
9.............. | 58.63 | .4072 | 2.3562 | 2.5 |
10.............. | 72.23 | .5016 | 2.6180 | 2.0 |
 
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