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 xiii
... Pumping- Engines UNCERTAINTY OF TESTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPARING THE RELATIVE ECONOMY OF MARINE ENGINES . THE LOCOMOTIVE . THE STEAM FIRE - ENGINE • PAGE 102 • 109 112 114 • 116 • 119 120 THE WOODRUFF AND BEACH AUTOMATIC CUT - OFF ...
... Pumping- Engines UNCERTAINTY OF TESTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPARING THE RELATIVE ECONOMY OF MARINE ENGINES . THE LOCOMOTIVE . THE STEAM FIRE - ENGINE • PAGE 102 • 109 112 114 • 116 • 119 120 THE WOODRUFF AND BEACH AUTOMATIC CUT - OFF ...
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... PUMP THE VACUUM Table showing Vacuum in Inches of Mercury and Pounds Pressure per Square Inch AIR - PUMPS • THE SALINOMETER Table showing Proportion of Salt in Water of different Seas Table showing Boiling - Point of Salt Water at ...
... PUMP THE VACUUM Table showing Vacuum in Inches of Mercury and Pounds Pressure per Square Inch AIR - PUMPS • THE SALINOMETER Table showing Proportion of Salt in Water of different Seas Table showing Boiling - Point of Salt Water at ...
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... Pumps or Vertical Pipes of different Diameters Table showing the Weight of Water at different Temperatures . Table showing the Boiling - Point for Fresh Water at different Alti- tudes above Sea - Level · Table showing the Capacity of ...
... Pumps or Vertical Pipes of different Diameters Table showing the Weight of Water at different Temperatures . Table showing the Boiling - Point for Fresh Water at different Alti- tudes above Sea - Level · Table showing the Capacity of ...
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... PUMP , INDEPENDENT AIR- AND CIRCULATING - PUMP , SECTION OF A MARINE AIR - PUMP , INDEPENDENT MARINE CIRCULATING - Pump , MARINE WRECKING - PUMP , THE SALINOMETER , THE HOTWELL THERMOMETER , THE UPTAKE THERMOMETER , PAGE € 331 . 338 ...
... PUMP , INDEPENDENT AIR- AND CIRCULATING - PUMP , SECTION OF A MARINE AIR - PUMP , INDEPENDENT MARINE CIRCULATING - Pump , MARINE WRECKING - PUMP , THE SALINOMETER , THE HOTWELL THERMOMETER , THE UPTAKE THERMOMETER , PAGE € 331 . 338 ...
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... pumps and condensers , consequently they could be worked either condensing or non - condensing , and were intended to work with from 25 to 80 lbs . of steam pressure , according to the requirements of the exhibition . The gear fly ...
... pumps and condensers , consequently they could be worked either condensing or non - condensing , and were intended to work with from 25 to 80 lbs . of steam pressure , according to the requirements of the exhibition . The gear fly ...
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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