Index for Maxims and Instructions
Accidents and Emergencies, 313.
Factory rules to prevent, 293.
Government rules to prevent, 290.
Acid, definition, 137.
Advantages of triple draught tubular boiler, 84.
Air used in burning 1 lb. of coal, 14.
ditto, how supplied to the coal, 14.
Description, 16.
As a material substance, 16.
Density at different depths, 16.
Weight of a column of air, 17.
As a fluid, 17.
As an impenetrable body, 17.
Five “points” for the engineer, 17.
Composition of, 17.
Specific heat of, 215.
Air valve, use of, 255.
Alcohol, specific heat of, 214.
Alkalies, definition, 137.
Alum, boiling point of, 37.
Ammoniac (Sal), boiling point of, 37.
Analysis of anthracite coal, 13.
Of bituminous coal, 13.
Of wood, 13.
Of heat, 13.
Of scale deposited in marine boilers, 146.
Of feed waters, 139-140.
Angle and T iron, dimensions and shape, 104.
Angle brick, 237.
Angle-valve, description, 273.
Anthracite coal, analysis of, 13.
Ignited with difficulty, 16.
Antimony, melting point, 42.
Answers of applicants for a marine license, 127.
Arch-brick, 237.
Area of safety valve, rule for finding, 192.
Ash pit, the, 238.
How kept during firing, 27.
Assistant engineers, classification of, 310.
Back pressure valves, description, 273.
Baffle plate, description, 169, 180.
Ball valve, description, 273.
Bark, effect on steam boilers, 151.
Barrel, rule for finding contents of, 203.
Bars, grate, description, 173.
Before lighting the fire, directions, 25.
Belts, how to safely run on pullies, 291.
Bending lead pipe, 304.
Bib cock, description, 273.
Bituminous coal, analysis of, 13.
How burned, 16.
Blast pipe for marine boiler, 63.
Bleeding, treatment of, 317.
Blowers for shavings, 20.
Blow off, description, 81.
Surface, description, 161.
Boilers, description, 48.
Upright steam, 50.
Crude form, 52.
Plain cylinder, description, 52.
Cornish, description, 54.
Lancashire, description, 55.
Galloway, description of, 58.
Marine, description of, 60.
Marine, table of dimensions, 62.
Locomotive portable, 80.
Construction of, 89.
Caulking, 94.
Dangers from syphoning, 288.
Dangers from gas, 288.
Foaming in, 42.
Fulcring, 94.
Horse power of, 234.
Proper steam connection for, 276.
Boiler braces, “points” relating to, 104.
Boiler coverings, 273.
Boiler, Compound, composition of, 151-152.
Compound, for locomotives, 149.
Boiler castings, specification of, 86.
Boiler cleaners, mechanical description, 159, 160.
Boiler explosions, causes of, 286.
Boiler fittings and mountings, 87.
Fixtures, description, 164.
Boiler flue brushes, use of, 21.
Boiler fronts, description, 165.
Boiler injector, description, 206.
Boiling, process of, 37.
Boiling points of various substances, 37.
Boiler maker’s tools and machinery, 281.
Boilers newly set, how fired, 28.
No two alike, 25.
Boiler and pipe covering, mixtures for, 275-276.
Boiler plates, example of riveting, 114.
Marks on, 88.
Boiler repairs, 123.
Note, 125.
Boiler scale, analysis of, 148.
Boiler scum, how formed, 150.
Boiler setting, 236.
Boiler steel, description of quality, 90.
Boiler tubes, dimensions of lap welded tubes, 110.
Table of holding power, 111.
Experiments in strength of, 111.
Notes, 110, 112.
Boiler testing, specification, 87.
Bolts, strain on, rule, 99.
Socket, description, 103.
Bolt, plumber’s copper pointed, 308.
Bones, broken, treatment of, 318.
Borer, tap, plumber’s, 306.
Box coil, description, 257.
Brace, difference between, and stay, 103.
Head to head, description, 103.
Crow foot, 103.
Braces, shop names for, 103.
Table for calculations, 107-109.
Table of diameters, 103.
Inspector’s rules, 102.
Specification for, 86.
“Points” relating to, 104.
Bracing of steam boilers, 96.
Bracket, valve, description, 272.
Brass, conducting power of, 213.
Brick, furnace, 237.
Brine valve, description, 277.
Broken bones, treatment of, 318.
Burns and scalds, treatment of, 313.
Burn mixture, 315.
Bushing, description, 274.
Butt joint, illustration, 115.
Calculations relating to steam heating, 262.
Relating to pumps, 22.
Relating to safety valves, 191.
Calipers, use of, 22.
Cape chisel, 307, 281.
Carbon, description of, 229.
Carbonate, definition, 136.
Of magnesia, definition, 138.
Of lime, at what temperature deposited, 148.
Carbonic acid, in water how detected, 153-154.
Specific heat of, 215.
Carbonic acid gas, description of, 230.
Carbonic oxide, description of, 231.
Specific heat of, 215.
Carbonization, method of, 15.
Care and management of the steam boiler, 24.
Care of steam fittings, 268.
Care of water tube boilers, 70.
Castings, for boiler, specification, 86.
Caulking, description, 94.
Caulking tools, plumber’s, 308.
Certificates of Inspection, issuing of, 131.
Chain riveting, example, 93.
Chapter of “Don’ts,” 44-47.
Charcoal, description, 15.
Specific heat of, 214.
Charcoal Iron, description, 88.
Check valve, description, 273.
Chemical terms relating to feed water, 136.
Chemistry, definition, 136.
Chemistry of the furnace, 226.
Chief engineers, classification of, 310.
Chimney draught, 296.
Chisel, cold, 307.
Cape, 307.
Round nose, 307.
Half round nose, 307.
Wood, 307.
Diamond nose, 307.
Gasket, 308.
Chloride, definition, 137.
Chlorides, how indicated in water, 157.
C. H. No. 1 F, 88.
C. H. No. 1 FB, 88.
Circle brick, 237.
Circulation, water, 294.
Cisterns, capacity of, 202.
Clamp, boiler, description and cut, 123.
Classification of marine engineers, 310.
Cleaners, mechanical boiler, description, 159-180.
Cleaning out boilers under firing, 20.
Coal tar, how best fired, 30.
Coal, 13.
What it consists of, 13.
Common proportions, 13.
Introduction of air in burning, 13.
Bituminous, how it burns, 16.
Anthracite, how it burns, 16.
Comparative evaporation, 18.
Specific heat of, 214.
Storing and handling of, 225.
Cocks, description, 270.
Valve, description, 272.
Gauge, description, 170.
Bib, description, 273.
Three way, description, 273.
Four way, description, 273.
Coil, box, description, 257.
Pipe, description, 257.
Coke, description, 15.
Comparative evaporation, 18.
Ratio between heating and grate surface, 28.
How best fired, 28.
Specific heat of, 214.
Cold chisel, 307.
Cold short, definition, 121.
Columns, glass water gauge, 177.
Combustible parts of coal, 16.
Combustion, operation on materials, 16.
Chamber, 238.
Chambers of marine boilers, 62.
Compasses, use of, 22.
Compass saw, 308.
Compound, boiler, composition, 151-2.
For locomotive boilers, 149.
C No. 1, iron, 88.
Condenser, surface description, 65.
Operation of, 66.
Conducting power of various substances, 213.
Conical head of rivets, description, 113.
Construction of boilers, description, 89.
And drawing rivet heads, 113.
Contraction of area, definition, 121.
Conveyors, screw, 20.
Copper, conducting power of, 213.
Radiating power of, 213.
Specific heat of, 214.
Cornish boiler, description of, 54.
Defects of, 54.
Corrosion of steam boilers, 126, 142, 144.
Coverings for pipes and boilers, 275.
Coupling, description, 274.
For pipe, 250.
Cracks in boilers, how to repair, 123.
Cross T, description, 274.
Crowfoot brace, 103.
Cup head of rivets, description, 118.
Cutaway front, description, 165-167.
Cuts and wounds, treatment of, 316.
Cylinder boiler, description, 52.
Defects of, 53.
Dampers and doors to the furnace, 39.
Damper regulators, description, 185.
Danger, points, in steam boiler, 125.
Dart, description and cut, 19.
Dead end of pipe, 284.
Dead plate, description, 180, 237.
Dead steam, description, 282.
Dedication, 5.
Defects, table of, 125.
Defects and necessary repairs to boilers, 123.
Definition of Terms, 121.
Designing boilers, relating to stayed surfaces, 99.
Device for using kerosene oil, 158.
Diamond nose chisel, 307.
Directions before lighting the fire, 25.
For firing with various fuels, 27.
Disc for boiler makers, 281.
“Don’ts,” a chapter of, 44-47.
Doors, furnace, description, 168-170.
Double seat valve, description, 273.
Also see Fig. 158.
Drain, the steam, description, 81.
Drainage and piping, description and illustration, 299.
Drain cock, description, 181.
Draughts, at time of lighting the fire, 26.
Of chimney, 296.
Regulating the draught, 41.
Drawings of rivet heads, 118.
Drum, mud, description, 179.
Dry steam, description, 282.
Ductile, definition, 121.
Dudgeon expanders, description, 281.
Duties of the fireman, 27.
Duty of boiler, specification, 87.
Dust (coal), firing of, 40.
Economizer, fuel, description, 185.
Elasticity, definition, 121.
Elastic limit, definition, 121.
Elbow, description, 274.
Element, definition, 136.
Ell, description, 274.
Elongation of steel plate, 90.
Definition, 121.
Ether, specific heat of, 214.
Engineer’s questions, 133.
Examinations, “points,”133.
Tests for impurities in water, 153.
Evans, Oliver., viii.
Examination of engineers, 133.
Exhaust steam heating, 267.
Expanders (dudgeon), 281.
Expansion (linear), of steam pipe, 270.
Explosions, boiler, 286.
Of steam pipe, 287.
Factory rules to prevent accident, 293.
Fatigued, definition, 121.
Feed water, analysis of, 139-140.
Engineer’s tests, 153.
A precipitator for sea water, 146.
Examples of analysis, 140-141.
Preliminary precipitation, 144.
Description, 196.
Heaters, “points” relating to, 201.
Heaters, table of savings, 200.
Purifier, description, 185.
Fire, thickness of, 40.
What to do in case of, 40.
Fire box iron, description, 88.
Fire brick arch in locomotive, 35.
Fire clay, conducting power of, 213.
Fire door, 237.
Fire irons, 21.
Firemen, advantages of trained, 24.
Fire pails, use of, 21.
Firing, trick of, 24.
Boilers newly set, 28.
With straw, description, 31.
Duties of the fireman, 27.
Ocean steamer, description, 32.
Improper method, 27.
Proper method, 26.
With oil, description, 32.
With coal tar, description, 30.
Of twenty horse power, description, 30.
Sixteen steam boilers, description, 29.
With shavings, 33.
With coke, directions, 28.
Of steam boilers, 24.
Under a boiler, gases and solids produced, 16.
With saw dust, 33.
A new plant, 37.
With coal dust and screenings, 40.
Firing with tan bark, 36.
Boilers, experiments in England, 40,
A locomotive, 35.
Files, use of, 21.
Fish trap, 205.
Fittings of marine boilers, 63.
For boiler, specification, 87.
Fixtures, boiler, description, 164.
Flame, luminous, 41.
Of anthracite coal, 16.
Flange iron, description, 88.
Flange of boiler head, proper radius, 103.
Flanges for pipe, 248.
Flanges, how to be turned, etc., 85.
Flat surfaces in boilers, how to stay, 98.
Flues and tubes, sweeping, 39.
Flush front, description, 165-166.
Foaming in boilers, 42.
Four way cock, description, 273.
Fronts, boiler, description, 165.
Frost-bite, treatment of, 317.
Fuel, loss of, by incrustation, 143.
Fuel economizer, description, 185.
Fuel-oil, 289.
Rules relating to, 290.
Fuels, liquid and gas, 15.
Table of comparative evaporative value, 18.
Fullering, description, 94.
Fulton, Robert, viii.
Furnace, temperature of, 42.
Fire, kindling of, 241.
Chemistry of, 229.
Dampers and doors, 39.
Doors, description, 168-170.
The, 237.
Fusible plugs, description, 171, 172.
Galloway boiler, description of, 58.
Table of dimensions, 60.
Gas, difference between it and a liquid, 216.
As a fuel, 15.
From coal, comparative evaporation, 18.
Dangers from, in idle boilers, 288.
Amount burned in ventilating pipes, 265.
Gasket chisel, 308.
Gas pipe, illustrations of size, 243.
Gas pliers, description, 269.
Gate valve, description, 273.
Generators, steam, description, 48.
Glass, specific heat of, 214.
Radiating power of, 213.
Glass gauges, description, 177.
Glass water gauge columns, 177.
Globe valve, description, 272.
Gold, radiating power of, 213.
Conducting power of, 213.
Grate, the, 237.
Grate bars, description, 173.
How to preserve from excessive heat, 38.
Shaking grates, 174.
How kept during firing, 27.
Grooving of steam boilers, 126.
List of cases, 125.
Growth of the steam boiler, 52.
Gauge, steam, description, 181.
Gauge cocks, description, 176.
Gauges, glass, description, 177.
Gauges, pressure recording, description, 233.
Gusset stays, description, 100, 103.
Hammer, water, description, 283.
Pein, 306.
Hammer test of rivets, 95.
Hand-hole plates, description, 81.
Hanger for pipes, 308.
Hazards of fuel-oil, 289.
Of the boiler room, 285.
Heads of rivets, cup, conical, pan heads, 113.
Head to head brace, description, 103.
Heat, laws of, 212.
Unit of, 214.
Specific, 214.
How it becomes effective, 13.
Heaters, feed water, description, 196.
Heating, steam and hot water, 251.
By exhaust steam, 267.
Heat proof paints, 232.
Heat stroke, treatment of, 315.
High pressure steam, 283.
Hinged valves, description, 272.
Hoes, use of, 21.
Homogeneous, definition, 121.
Horizontal tubular boiler, description, 79.
Parts of, 81.
Table of sizes, 77.
Horse power, rule for estimating, 235.
As applied to boilers, 234.
Hose, rubber, use of, 21.
Hot short, definition, 122.
How to carry injured persons, 319.
How to prepare for inspection of steam boilers, 130.
Hydrogen, specific heat of, 215.
Description of, 230.
Hydraulic test, 131.
Ice, radiating power of, 213.
Specific heat of, 214.
Improper method of firing, cuts and description, 27.
Incrustation of steam boilers, 142-144.
Example of, 142.
And scale, list of cases, 125.
Table showing quantity collecting, 103.
Of boilers, “points” relation to, 149-152.
Individuality of each steam boiler, 25.
Injector, description, 206.
Injured persons, how to carry, 319, 320.
Inspection of steam boilers, 129.
How to make ready for, 129-130.
Inspector’s questions to applicant, 128.
Inspector’s rules relating to braces, 102.
Interceptor, steam, description, 183.
Introduction, 10.
Iron, T, description of, 103.
(Hammered), melting point, 42.
(Wrought), melting point, 42.
Fire box, description, 88.
Charcoal iron, description, 88.
(Wrought), conducting power of, 213.
Polished, radiating power of, 213.
Specific heat of, 214.
Melting point, 42.
Flange, description, 88.
Cast, conducting power of, 213.
Irons, fire, 21.
Issuing certificates of inspection, 131.
Jackscrews, description, 281.
Jam brick, 237.
Joints, putty, how to make, 303.
Joints of lead pipe, 300.
Joints of pipes, 248.
Kerosene oil in boilers, “points” of, 156-7.
Kindling a furnace fire, 241.
L, description, 274.
Lace cutters, use of, 21.
Ladders, use of, 21.
Ladle, 306.
Lamp black, radiating power of, 213.
Lancashire boiler, description, 55.
Defects of, 55.
Language of steam boilers, 39.
Lanterns, use of, 21.
Lap joint, illustration, 115.
Laws of heat, 212.
Lazy bar, description, 20.
Lead, 299.
Advantages in use of, 299.
Melting point, 42.
Conducting power of, 213.
Wrought, radiating power of, 213.
Specific heat of, 214.
Polished, radiating power of, 213.
Lead pipe, how to make putty joints, 304.
Table of sizes and weights, 305.
How to bend, 304.
Lead pipe joints, 300.
Lever, length, rule, 193.
Lifting valves, description, 273.
Lime, definition, 138.
Liquid, difference between it and a gas, 216.
Litmus paper, definition, 153.
Live steam, description, 282.
Locknut, description, 274.
Locomotive, firing of, 35.
Boiler Compound, 149.
Or charging shovel, description, 19.
Locomotive boilers, description, 72.
How to rivet, 115.
Locomotive portable boiler, description, 80.
Looking glass, 307.
Loop, (steam), description of, 278-280.
Low pressure steam, 283.
Lugs, specification of, 86.
Luminous flame, 41.
Magnesia, definition, 138.
At what temperature deposited, 148.
Carbonate of, definition, 138.
Malleable, definition, 121.
Manhole cover, description, 81.
Manhole plates, specification, 86.
Marine boilers, description of, 60.
How to rivet, 115.
Fittings for, 63.
Table of dimensions, 62.
Super heaters, 64.
Use of zinc in, 162.
Blast pipe for, 63.
Uptakes, 64.
Parts which first give way, 112.
Incrustation and scaling of, 146-147.
Marine engineers classification of, 310.
Rules relating to, 309.
Marks on boiler plates, 88.
Marble, conducting power of, 213.
Materials, 12, 13.
Mechanical scrapers, 187.
Mechanical stokers, 134-135.
Mercury, specific heat of, 214.
Radiating power of, 213.
Meters, water, description, 203.
Moisture, in wood, 14.
Mouth piece, furnace, 236.
Mud drum, description, 179.
Newly set boilers, how fired, 28.
Nickel steel boiler plates, description, 91.
Nipple, description, 274.
Nitric acid, boiling point of, 37.
Nitrogen, specific heat of, 215.
Description of, 230.
Non-conductors, 276.
Noiseless water-heater, 312.
Ocean steamer, how to fire, 32.
Oil, fuel, 289.
Kerosene, in boilers, “points” of, 156-157.
Specific heat of, 214.
Firing with, 32.
Ore barrow, use of, 20.
Organic matter in water, how indicated, 154.
Ornamental paints, 232.
Overhanging front, description, 165-167.
Overhead system of heating, 256.
Oxide, definition, 136.
Of iron how best treated, 148.
Oxygen, description of, 229.
Specific heat of, 215.
United with coal, 17.
Paints, heat proof, 232.
Palm stays, description, 100.
Pan head of rivets, description, 113.
Patch-screw, description and cut, 123.
Peat, description, 14.
Analysis of, 13.
Charcoal, description, 15.
Comparative evaporation, 18.
Pein hammer, 306.
Petroleum, as a fuel, 15.
Oil, comparative evaporation, 18.
In boilers, use of, 155.
Philadelphia Water Works example of gain in good firemen, 25.
Pipes, table of surfaces and capacities, 246.
Joints of, 248.
How to weld, 264.
Used for ice machinery, 263.
Table of “data” relative to, 247.
Pipes and piping, description, 244.
Pipe coil, description, 257.
Pipe couplings, 250.
Pipe cutter, description and cut, 269.
Pipe hanger, 308.
Pipe, gas, illustration of size, 243.
Pipe tongs, description, 269.
Pipe union, description, 274.
Piping, dead end, 284.
Piping and drainage, description and illustration, 209.
Pitting, of steam boilers, 126.
Planer, (power), for boiler makers, 281.
Quality of steel, 90.
Plates, baffle, description, 180.
Burned and blistered, list, 125.
For boilers, table of thicknesses, 113.
Pliers, gas, description, 269.
Plug, description, 274.
Plugs, fusible, description, 171-172.
Plumb-bob, description, 306.
Plumber’s solder, how to make, 305.
Plumber’s tools, description, 306-309.
Solder, rule for making, 305.
Plumber’s wipe joint, 298.
Plumbing, description and cuts, 298.
What engineers should know, 298.
“Points” relating to firing, 37.
Relating to boiler braces, 104.
Of danger in steam boiler, 125.
Relating to grate bars, 175.
Relating to water gauge cocks, 176.
Relating to glass gauges, 177.
Relating to the steam gauge, 182.
Relating to safety valves, 194.
Relating to feed water heaters, 201.
Relating to water meters, 204.
Relating to injectors, 209.
Relating to pumps, 218-221.
Relating to boiler setting, 239-241.
Relating to steam heating, 254.
Relating to chimneys and draught, 297.
Poker, description and cuts, 19.
Portable boiler, locomotive, description, 80.
Car track, use of, 20.
Potter, Humphry, inventor of valve motion, 270.
Poultices, how to make, 319.
Power planer for boiler makers, 281.
Power punch for boiler makers, 281.
Precipitation of impurities in feed water, 144.
Preface, 7.
Preparation for firing steam boilers, 24.
Pressure gauges, list of defective cases, 123.
Regulator valve, 274.
Pressure of safety valve, rule, 192.
Principles relating to water, 223.
Proper method of firing, cut and description, 21.
Punch for boiler makers, 281.
Pump, description, 215.
Classification, 217.
Parts of, Illustration, 218.
Double acting, 218.
Direct pressure, 216.
Calculations relating to, 222.
Strainer, for, description, 223.
Points relating to, 218-221.
Putty joints, how to make, 303.
Questions of applicant for marine license, 127.
Asked by examining engineers, 309.
Of proprietor, relating to steam boiler, 127.
Radiant rays of heat, “point,” 38.
Radiating power of various substances, 213.
Radiation of heat, law relating to, 39.
Railroad barrow, use of, 20.
Ram, water, 284.
Ratio of grate to heating surface, 175.
Re-agent, definition, 136.
Reamer, plumber’s, 306.
Recording pressure gauges, description, 233.
Reducing coupling, description, 274.
Regulating the draught, 41.
Regulations relating to marine engineers, 309.
Regulators, damper, description, 185.
Relief valve, description, 272.
Repairing leaky tubes, 126.
Repairs to boilers, “points” on, 124-6.
Riveting, modes of, 93.
Specification for, 86.
Description, 91.
Double description, 91.
Chain, example, 93.
Zig-Zag, example, 93.
Treble, example, 93.
Unequal pitches, example, 93.
Example of riveting boiler plates, 114-116.
Hammers for boiler makers, 281.
List of defective cases, 125.
Rivet heads of cup, conical, pan heads, 113.
Rivet heating machines, 261.
Rivets, description, 93.
Steel, description, 95.
Table of diameters, 113.
Rivet set, 307.
Tests, 95.
Riveted stays, description, 106.
Rolls for boiler makers, 281.
Rotary valves, description, 273.
Round nose chisel, 307.
Rubber hose, use of, 21.
Rule for estimating horse power of boilers, 235.
For finding area of valve opening, 195.
To find pressure in lbs. of column of water, 222.
To find area of steam piston of pump, 222.
To find quantity of water elevated, 222.
For finding contents of a barrel, 203.
For reading water meters, 204.
For making boiler and pipe covering, 275-276.
For making solder, 305.
For finding strain on bolts, 99.
For safe internal pressure, 117.
For determining areas of steam boilers, 105.
For calculating contents of steam and water in the steam boiler, 105.
Rules, U. S., regarding safety valves, 189.
For safety valves, 193.
Inspectors, relating to bracing, 102.
Relating to fuel oil, 290.
Factory, to prevent accident, 293.
Government, to prevent accident, 290.
Before lighting the furnace fire, 25.
Running of steam boilers under fire, 24.
Safe internal pressure, rule and example, 117.
Tables, 118-120.
Safety factor of steam boilers, 96.
Safety valves, description, 187.
Rules, 191, 193.
Rule to find area of opening, 195.
Table showing rise of valve, 195.
List of defects, 125.
Points relating to, 194.
Salt, definition, 138.
Sand-bending of lead pipe, 304.
Saturated steam, 283.
Saw, compass.308.
Plumber’s, 307.
Saw dust, firing with, 33, 242.
As a fuel, 16.
Sea water precipitator, 145.
Sectional steam boilers, description, 71.
Sentinel valve, description, 184.
Separator, steam, description, 183.
Set screws, dangers arising from, 292.
Setting of steam boilers, 236.
Of water tube boilers, 239.
Scalds, treatment of, 313.
Scale deposited in marine boilers, analysis, 146-147.
Boiler, analysis of, 148.
Scaling of steam boilers, “points,” 149-152.
Scope of the work, 12.
Scoop shovel, cut and description, 19.
Scrapers, mechanical, 187.
Screenings, firing of coal dust and, 40.
Screw conveyors, use of, 20.
Screw-jacks, use of, 21.
Screw stays, description, 101.
Scum of boilers, how formed.150.
Scumming apparatus, description, 161.
Shaking grates, description, 174.
Shavings, firing with, 33.
Blowers, use of, 20.
Shearing strength, definition, 121.
Shears for boiler makers, 281.
Shell of boiler, description, 81.
Shovels, cut and description of, 19.
Side brackets for boilers, 240.
Silica, definition, 137.
Silver, radiating power of, 213.
Conducting power of, 213.
Melting point, 42.
Six inch flue, boiler, 78.
Slice bar, description and cuts, 19.
“Point” relating to its use, 30.
Smoke, insensibility from, treatment, 315.
Snips, plumber’s, 306.
Socket bolts, description, 103.
Soda, definition, 138.
Proportion of, in water, 154.
Acetate of, boiling point of, 37.
Sodium, definition, 138.
Solder, rule for making plumber’s, 305.
Sounds, or language of steam boilers, 39.
Source of power in the steam engine, 13.
Specifications for 125 H. P. steam boiler, 85.
Specific heat, description, 214.
Table, 214.
Spectacle piece, 124.
Spirit level, 307.
Stay bolts, hollow, description, 103.
Staying of flat surfaces, 98.
Stays and braces, list of defective cases, 125.
Stays, gusset, description, 100.
Of marine boilers, 75.
Of locomotive boilers, 75.
“Points” relating to boiler stays, 104.
Palm, description, 100.
Screwed, description, 101.
And brace, difference, 103.
Table for calculations, 107-109.
Steam, description, 282.
Specific heat of, 215.
Dry, 282.
Dead, 282.
Live, 282.
Saturated, 283.
Wet, 283.
High pressure, 283.
Low pressure, 283.
Superheated, 283.
Specific gravity of, 283.
Total heat of, 283.
Steam and hot water heating, 251.
Steam boiler, growth of the, 52.
Water tube, 67.
Sectional, description of, 71.
Triple draught, 81-82.
Six-inch flue, 78.
Two-flue, 78.
Steam boilers, locomotive, 72.
Idle, dangers of, 288.
Inspector’s rules relating to bracing of, 102.
Use of petroleum in, 155.
Effect of sugar on, 150.
Corrosion and incrustation, 142.
Scaling of, “points,” 149-152.
Effect of bark on, 151.
Bracing, 96.
Specification for 125 H. P., 85.
Steam drum or dome, description, 81.
Steam fitter’s vise, 269.
Steam fittings, care, 268.
Description, 274.
Steam gauge, description, 181.
Steam generators, 48.
Steam heating by exhaust, 267.
How much space 1 H. P. will heat, 262.
Steam loop, note relating to, 295.
Description, 278-280.
Steam pipe, linear expansion of, 276.
Steam pipe explosions, 287.
Steam pump, 215.
Steam separator, description, 183.
Steam space of boilers, rule and example, 105.
Steam whistle, description, 180.
Steel rivets, description, 95.
Steel, boiler, description, 90.
Melting point, 42.
Specific heat of, 214.
Steel plates, nickel steel, description, 91.
Quality and thickness in, 85.
Quality of, 90.
Stephenson, George, viii.
Stock and dies, use of, 21.
Stoker, mechanical, 134.
Storing coal, 225.
Straightway valve, description, 273.
Strainer, for pump, description, 223.
Strain on bolts, rule and example, 99.
Straw, how best fired, 31.
Composition of, as fuel, 15.
Sugar, effect of, on steam boilers, 150.
Sulphates, how indicated, 154.
Definition, 137.
Sulphate of lime, at what temperature deposited, 148.
Sulphur, description of, 230.
Sulphuric acid, boiling point of, 37.
Sunstroke, treatment of, 315.
Superheated steam, 283.
Superheater of marine boiler, 64.
Surface blow off, description, 161.
Surface condenser, description, 65.
Swing valve, description, 273.
Syphon, dangers from, in boilers, 288.
T, description, 274.
T irons, description and use, 103.
Dimensions and shape, 104.
Table of evaporation, 18.
Melting points of metals, 42.
Temperature, judged by color, 42.
Of dimensions, Galloway boiler, 60.
Of marine boilers, 62.
Diameter of braces, 103.
For calculating the number of stays, 107-109.
Of dimensions of boiler tubes, 110.
Holding power of boiler tubes, 111.
Of diameter of rivets and thickness of plate, 113.
Of safe internal pressure, 118-120.
Of defects found in steam boilers, 125.
Showing loss at different thicknesses by corrosion, 143.
Showing sediment collecting in boilers, 163.
Showing rise of safety valve, 195.
Of savings from use of feed water, 200.
Capacity of cisterns, 202,
Of specific heat, 214.
Of conducting power of various substances, 213.
Of radiating power of various substances, 213.
Weight of cubic foot of water, 224.
Weight and capacity of gallons of water, 225.
Comparative quantity of water which can be evaporated, 231.
Surfaces and capacities of pipes, 246.
Of data relating to pipes, 247.
Bursting pressure of tubes, 264.
Of weights of round and plate iron, 309, 311.
Conducting power of various substances, 275.
Relative value of non-conductors, 276.
Weights of lead pipe, 305.
Tan, description, 15.
Tan bark, comparative evaporation, 18.
Firing with, 36.
Tanks, for fuel oil, how to construct, 290.
Tan-liquor, unsafe use of, in boilers, 185.
Tap-borer, plumber’s, 306.
Taps and dies, description, 269.
Tee, description, 274.
Temperature of a furnace, 42.
Tensile strength of steel plate, 90.
Of boilers, 121.
Test, the hydraulic, 131.
Testing-boiler, specification, 87.
Testing boilers under steam pressure, 287.
Test pieces, description and illustration, 105, 112.
Tests for impurities in water, 153.
Tests of steel rivets, 95.
Thimbles, specification for, 86.
Three way cock, description, 273.
Throttle valve, description, 273.
Tin, melting point, 42.
Conducting power of, 213.
Specific heat of, 214.
Radiating power of, 213.
Tissue paper, radiating power of, 213.
Tongs for boiler makers, 281.
Tool box, description, 22.
Tools, plumber’s, description, 306-309.
Handy for the fire-room, 21.
Used in steam fitting, 269.
Boiler maker’s, 281.
Plumber’s caulking, 308.
Torch, 307.
Total heat of steam, 283.
Tough, definition, 121.
Trained or untrained firemen, difference, 24.
Trap, fish, 205.
Treble riveting, example, 93.
Triple draught, tubular boiler, 82.
Trevithick, Richard, frontispiece.
Tube expanders, 281.
Tubes, how to weld, 264.
Table of bursting and collapsing pressures, 264.
Boiler, illustration of size, 245.
Experiments in holding power, 111.
Table of holding power, 111.
Boiler, table of dimensions, 110.
Leaky, how to repair, 126.
Tubes and flues, sweeping, 39.
Tube sheets, description, 81.
Turn-pin, description, 306.
Two flue steam boiler, 78.
Umbria, steamer, firing boilers, 32.
Unequal riveting, example, 93.
Union, description, 274.
Unit of chimney measurements, 297.
Upright steam boilers, description, 51.
Uptakes of marine boiler, 64.
Valve, gate, 273.
Globe, description, 272.
Brine, description, 273.
Pop, description, 184.
Angle, description, 273.
Check, description, 278.
Sentinel, description, 184.
Pressure regulator, 274.
Rotary, description, 273.
Straightway, description, 273.
Throttle, description, 273.
Ball, description, 273.
Chamber, description, 272.
Double beat and double seat, 273.
Swing description, 273.
Valve bracket, description, 272.
Valve cock, description, 272.
Valve coupling, description, 272.
Valves, description, 271.
Safety, description, 187.
Of what material made, 274.
Valves, hinged, description, 272.
Relief, description, 272.
Back pressure, description, 273.
Lifting, description, 274.
Valves and cocks, description, 272.
Valve-seat, description, 272.
Vaults for fuel oil, how to construct, 289.
Ventilation, 265.
Vise, steamfitter’s, 269.
Vises, use of, 21.
Water, how formed, 143.
Principles relating to, 223.
Principal temperatures of, 224.
Point of maximum density, 224.
The boiling point, 224.
The standard temperature, 224.
pecific heat of, 214.
Boiling point of pure, 37.
Radiating power of, 213.
Conducting power of, 213.
Freezing point, 224.
Water, (sea,) precipitator for, 145.
Boiling point of salt, 37.
Water bending of lead pipe, 304.
Water circulation, 294.
Water grate bars, description, 175.
Gauge cocks, description, 176.
Water hammer, 283.
Water meters, rule for reading, 205.
Description, 203.
Water ram, 284.
Water space of boilers, rule and example, 105.
Water table in locomotive, 35.
Water tube steam boiler, description, 67.
Water heater, noiseless, 312.
Water tube steam boiler, setting of, 239.
Watt, James, 68.
Weight of different standard gallons of water, 225.
Of a column of air, 17.
Weldable, definition, 121.
Welding boiler and other tubes, 264.
Wet steam, 283.
Wheelbarrow, use of, 20.
Whistle, steam, description, 180.
Whitewash, description, 232.
Wipe joint, how to make, 300.
Plumber’s, 298.
Wood, comparative evaporation, 18.
Specific heat of, 214.
As a combustible, 14.
“Hint as to drying,” 14.
Wood charcoal, comparative evaporation, 18.
Wood chisel, 307.
Wounds, treatment of, 310.
Writing paper, radiating power of, 213.
Zig-zag riveting, example, 93.
Zinc, conducting power of, 213.
Melting point, 42.
Effect on corrosion of boilers, 150.
Use in marine boilers, 162.
Specific heat of, 214.