[SEL] Reid question

[George & Norma Armstrong]

Tom,
  While talking with one of the guys at Moraine State Park in PA. at the oil
well exhibit this summer he told me that hot tubes were stolen, because they
were silver,and used for making rings.  I really thought he was wrong and
meant they looked like silver and were in fact monel or stainless.  The
article in GEM was the second time I've seen silver mentioned as a hot tube
mat'l.  I still doubt it.    Geo.
-----Original Message-----
From: Germoamer at aol.com <Germoamer at aol.com>
To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Date: Sunday, December 12, 2004 9:24 AM
Subject: [SEL] Reid question


>While rereading the December issue of GEM for the 4th time, I noted some
>information on the Reid engine (pg 26) that got my curiosity up.  It said
that
>Reid sold a lot of "hot tubes" for replacement parts because they were
stolen
>from the engine to make rings out of silver.  Was some part of the hot tube
made
>out of silver and if so, how come?
>
>Always nice to learn something new!
>
>Thanks,
>
>Tom Schmutz
>Concord, Va. USA
>Germoamer at aol.com
>
>ps:  I am not dead on the SEL as I woke up this morning breathing.  What a
>great feeling!
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