The Engineer's Handy-book: Containing a Full Explanation of the Steam-engine Indicator, and Its Use and Advantages to Engineers and Steam Users. With Formulæ for Estimating the Power of All Classes of Steam-engines; Also, Facts, Figures, Questions, and Tables for Engineers who Wish to Qualify Themselves for the United States Navy, the Revenue Service, the Mercantile Marine, Or to Take Charge of the Better Class of Stationary Steam-engines. With Illustrations |
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Page xvi
... LENGTH OF DAYS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES Table of Sailing Distances from New York to different Parts of the World , in Geographical Miles Table of Latitude and Longitude of Places Table showing Time at different Places when it is 12 o ...
... LENGTH OF DAYS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES Table of Sailing Distances from New York to different Parts of the World , in Geographical Miles Table of Latitude and Longitude of Places Table showing Time at different Places when it is 12 o ...
Page xix
... Length ( 6 Feet ) , and of different Diameters from 1 to 12 Inches . Table showing the Quantity of Water per Lineal Foot in Pumps or Vertical Pipes of different Diameters Table showing the Weight of Water at different Temperatures ...
... Length ( 6 Feet ) , and of different Diameters from 1 to 12 Inches . Table showing the Quantity of Water per Lineal Foot in Pumps or Vertical Pipes of different Diameters Table showing the Weight of Water at different Temperatures ...
Page xx
... Length Recognized in England since the 16th Century ATOMS AND MOLECULES Table of Squares , Cubes , and Square and Cube Roots of all Numbers from 1 to 620 THE WETHERILL CORLISS ENGINE EMERGENCIES QUESTIONS PAGE . 560 . 560 . 561 . 561 ...
... Length Recognized in England since the 16th Century ATOMS AND MOLECULES Table of Squares , Cubes , and Square and Cube Roots of all Numbers from 1 to 620 THE WETHERILL CORLISS ENGINE EMERGENCIES QUESTIONS PAGE . 560 . 560 . 561 . 561 ...
Page xxi
... Length , from Inch to 14 Inches Thick and from 3 Inches to 24 Inches Diameter 627 Tables showing the Standard Weights of Cast - Iron Water- and Gas- Pipes Table showing the Tensile Strength of various Qualities of American and English ...
... Length , from Inch to 14 Inches Thick and from 3 Inches to 24 Inches Diameter 627 Tables showing the Standard Weights of Cast - Iron Water- and Gas- Pipes Table showing the Tensile Strength of various Qualities of American and English ...
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... length- wise in its seat requires but a very small amount of force . In fact , the governor has nothing to do but to regulate the speed , without being hampered by the movement of cut - off valves , that have large rubbing surfaces ...
... length- wise in its seat requires but a very small amount of force . In fact , the governor has nothing to do but to regulate the speed , without being hampered by the movement of cut - off valves , that have large rubbing surfaces ...
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adjustment air-pump amount angles applied atmosphere Automatic Cut-Off Engine bed-plate belt boiler causes centre clearance coal compound connected connecting-rod Corliss Engine crank crank-pin crank-shaft cross-head Cube cubic foot cubic inches cylinder diagram diameter divide eccentric equal exhaust expansion feet per minute fly-wheel friction fuel give governor high-pressure horse-power INCHES OF MERCURY indicator indicator diagrams injector iron latent heat length lever lift locomotive low-pressure marine engines mean effective pressure mechanical motion move multiply number of revolutions opening pillow-block pipe piston piston-rod point of cut-off port pressure in pounds pressure of steam proportion pump quantity quotient revolutions per minute Rule for finding safety-valve salinometer screw shaft side slide-valve specific gravity speed square inch steam steam-boilers steam-chest steam-engines steam-valve stroke surface surface condenser TABLE SHOWING temperature term tion tube vacuum valve valve-gear valve-rod valve-stem velocity vertical weight