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Cromwell Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 2211, 5 September 1910, Page 2

.„., m tas«»aa ' ir '" FROZEN PIPES. ft i<; a well-known fact that a pipe of circular section will hold more than one of elliptical section of the same external measurement. Hence a had pipe ..f the <« lei form will not burst in freezing. The watei in *olidifving: will change the pipe from elliptical to circular, and thus make rooir for'its increased bulk without bursting it To prevent the bursting of water p.pes in frosts it has been suggested that tbej should be made elliptical m section Ih< drawback to this is thai they would onlj thu« stand one freezing, as this wouiu reduce them to the ordinary circular form In a recent lecture Professor Vivian ii. I ewes has suggested that ex-posed pipes might be slightly flattened with a mallet before a frost. This would serve the earn* purpose.