The steam pressure in the Queen Mary’s boilers is 4001b a square inch—roughly 27 times the pressure of the air around us. Since Alexandra Day was inaugurated in England in 1911, mote than £2,500,000 has been collected for charity by the sale of Alexandra roses.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21858, 11 August 1936, Page 17
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