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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... 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 different ...
... 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 different ...
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... VACUUM , AND SELF - TESTING Gauges . CROSBY'S IMPROVED STEAM - PRESSURE HYDRAULIC , COMBINATION , . 656 . 657 QUESTIONS . 663 INDEX . 668 . 673 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . THE CENTENNIAL CORLISS ENGINE , WRIGHT'S CONTENTS . xxi.
... VACUUM , AND SELF - TESTING Gauges . CROSBY'S IMPROVED STEAM - PRESSURE HYDRAULIC , COMBINATION , . 656 . 657 QUESTIONS . 663 INDEX . 668 . 673 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . THE CENTENNIAL CORLISS ENGINE , WRIGHT'S CONTENTS . xxi.
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... . 658 . 659 CROSBY'S VACUUM GAUGE , . 660 . 660 THE ATLAS CORLISS ENGINE , . 661 THE ENGINEER'S HANDY - BOOK PART FIRST . The Centennial LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . xxiii THE INJECTOR CONDENSER INDEPENDENT CONDENSER AND AIR-PUMP.
... . 658 . 659 CROSBY'S VACUUM GAUGE , . 660 . 660 THE ATLAS CORLISS ENGINE , . 661 THE ENGINEER'S HANDY - BOOK PART FIRST . The Centennial LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . xxiii THE INJECTOR CONDENSER INDEPENDENT CONDENSER AND AIR-PUMP.
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... vacuum - gauges is based , and the causes of their derangement . Eleventh . They must have experience in building , erecting , and repairing steam machinery . Examinations for the Mercantile Marine Service . The following are among the ...
... vacuum - gauges is based , and the causes of their derangement . Eleventh . They must have experience in building , erecting , and repairing steam machinery . Examinations for the Mercantile Marine Service . The following are among the ...
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... vacuum , the pressure of steam due to a temperature of 212 ° Fah . will equal 30 inches , and for a pressure due to a temperature of 250 ° Fah . it will equal 60 inches ; but if the mercury be exposed to the atmosphere , the pressure ...
... vacuum , the pressure of steam due to a temperature of 212 ° Fah . will equal 30 inches , and for a pressure due to a temperature of 250 ° Fah . it will equal 60 inches ; but if the mercury be exposed to the atmosphere , the pressure ...
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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