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"HOLT SEA cowr *0 captain yel]<) idttrflv. %k( look below, CMcf--" i tommy's Anvil Chorus "Only way to cet around a trouble maker ie to Ignore him," tome hand, is one of those conscientious en gineers who lakes everything to heart, your careless men left e wrench or sas. thing Inside tho engioe. I suggest yea character wot taring when 1 barged into the Bent Propeller Bar--that fountain so I'ii have to give him your ablp.' " 'Well,' I began,'( hate to leave this open her up in Havana And remove It'. " 'Left a wrench (aside/ I almost ol knowledge and emporium ol liquid vessel now that I've got her ahlpshapa. echoed. Then 1 wondered II be wu refreshments all rolled into one. I'll take the Munargo, but if anyone gets stringing me along. How eould anyone "BlLCKWATKn ON IGNORING TttOUDLK a nervous breakdown, you can bet your who bad gone to sea long enough to MACKMi" roared Mannaduke Surface* sea boots It won't bo me.' work op to captain believe that a Urge' blow, the loghom voice coming to life at hit end of the crowded bar. "I'll tell Ml moved my gear across tho dock to tbo Munargo next morning. And George wrench could be left In the cylinder; without wrecking it. And with only a. jrou how 1 pul one Joubbal) in his place Mitchell look over my berth on the hall-inch cleoraneo between the pataa by giving him plenty of rope." Manorleant. and cylinder, at most. But this was (he That did It. Old Marmaduka wat at "Captain Westwood sited me up when first time e ship's captain had ever glrea bat again and everyone listened for tho 1 signed the articles that afternoon, but m advice about my job. I could i . ; usual foQf.faagger story. The old boy he didn't say anything--still, l could see why George Mitchell had turned a o- i let go hit bottle of Sandpaper Gin, he didn't like the cut of my jib, vous wreck. And f could set tbst M*| rested his back against the bar and blasted away. "The Munargo was a Liberty ship with the usual triple-expansion engine. have to teach this skipper a leisoo. "`That's only one of my headaches'] MBaek In 1942 the port engineer of Tn New York tho assistant engineers right now/ I answered, lifting my safe- the Mumon Line came aboard the S S made the routine repairs end adjust* ties before T blew a gasket. J Munorltans in New York toon et we mcnlt that they always make In port " `Whoi'a the other?* he snapped, si \ tied up from a South American trip. "'Chief,' he began, Tm transferring when the main engine Is shut down. The third assistant had keyed up on the main if surprised that an engineer would con fide In him. you to tho 5 5 Munargo* engine's 1ow*pressure crosshead brasses. "`U*a the ship's anvil/ I said. TO " 'What's wrong with her Chief, George Mitchell?' I asked. But soon as we opened up the throttle on our way to Havana that Sunday, that need it (n Havana but we can't find 8 ' anywhere.* That information dldot im "'George Is getting )nmpy at a por- crossheod started pounding. press him and he changed the subject poise/ he answered. 'Captain Westwood "Captain Westwood was in his usual But ot each meal he harped on the en- ^ keeps sticking his nose into the engine sarcastic mood at breakfast neat mom* gine. The knock did get worse. And bis room and sending reports to the line's Ing. Ha greeted me, 'Good morning, theories about the eaute of that knock president. And you know Westwood Is the president's son-in-law. So the port Mr. Surfacablow. Your noisy engine has kept me awake all night' also got worse. But I didn't say SOT' : thing--Just gave him plenty of rope by i captain's afraid to tell him to go soak "Before 1 could say anything, he con* ogreeing with almost everything he sold* Ms bead. George Mitchell, on the other tinued. 'To me U sounds (ike one of {Continued en page 218) PUMT OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SECTION sown I "WHO spilled the v, N,N'-2 (12-hy'dro*yr-9-octadacenoxylomfd9elhyl)'ethylenodiamin^?^/J^ 7''*^ - IBTSpat it this way; WHO SPILLED THE NALCO ANTIFOAM? . " Either way... N, N`*2 (12*hydroxy-9*octadecenoxylarnido ethyl) ethylenedremine, or Nalco Antifoam.,. this foam control material It powerfully effective. It is'one of several Nalco entifoami that are widely used, not only in boilers, but wherever foaming liquids are a problem. GET YOUR COPY OP m Nowadays the language of the water treating industry could be fall of confusing technical terms.. . like this chemical description Of t Nalco antifoam. 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