55. Don’t, in case of an extensive fire, involving the whole business, rush off without drawing the fires, and raising and propping open the safety valve of the boiler.
56. Don’t fail to preserve your health, for “a sound mind in a sound body” is beyond a money valuation.
57. Don’t fail to remember that engineers and firemen are in control of the great underlying force of modern civilization; hence, to do nothing to lower the dignity of the profession.
58. Don’t forget that in the care and management of the steam boiler the first thing required is an unceasing watchfulness— watch-care.
59. Don’t forget that an intemperate, reckless or indifferent man has no business in the place of trust of a steam boiler attendant.
60. Don’t allow even a day to pass without adding one or more facts to your knowledge of engineering in some of its branches.
STEAM GENERATORS.
In the examinations held by duly appointed officers to determine the fitness of candidates for receiving an engineer’s license the principal stress is laid upon the applicant’s knowledge of the parts and true proportions of the various designs of steam boilers, and his experience in managing them.