Pumps and Hydraulics, Part 2 (of 2)
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PUMPS AND HYDRAULICS. IN TWO PARTS. Part Two.
TEN THOUSAND HORSE POWER. (See Part One, Page 133.)
Author of “Drawing and Design,” etc.
RELATING TO
HAND PUMPS; POWER PUMPS; PARTS OF PUMPS; ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN PUMPS; STEAM PUMPS, SINGLE, DUPLEX AND COMPOUND; PUMPING ENGINES, HIGH DUTY AND TRIPLE EXPANSION; THE STEAM FIRE ENGINE; UNDERWRITERS’ PUMPS; MINING PUMPS; AIR AND VACUUM PUMPS; COMPRESSORS; CENTRIFUGAL AND ROTARY PUMPS; THE PULSOMETER; JET PUMPS AND THE INJECTOR; UTILITIES AND ACCESSORIES; VALVE SETTING; MANAGEMENT; CALCULATIONS, RULES AND TABLES.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.
ALSO
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS; GLOSSARY OF PUMP TERMS; HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS; THE ELEMENTS OF HYDRO-MECHANICS, HYDROSTATICS AND PNEUMATICS; GRAVITY AND FRICTION; HYDRAULIC MEMORANDA; LAWS GOVERNING FLUIDS; WATER PRESSURE MACHINES; PUMPS AS HYDRAULIC MACHINES, ETC.
PART TWO.
PUBLISHED BY THEO. AUDEL & COMPANY 72 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK, U.S.A. 7, IMPERIAL ARCADE, LUDGATE CIRCUS, E.C., LONDON, ENG.
N. Hawkins
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PREFACE.
THE AIR PUMP
PNEUMATICS.
ON GASES.
HAND AIR PUMPS.
AIR AND VACUUM PUMPS.
SINGLE AND CROSS COMPOUND DOUBLE ACTING VACUUM PUMPS.
AIR COMPRESSORS.
COMPOUNDING OR TWO-STAGE COMPRESSION.
THE AIR LIFT PUMP.
THE STEAM FIRE ENGINE.
THE SILSBY ROTARY STEAM FIRE ENGINE.
NOZZLES.
INSTRUCTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS.
THE AMERICAN STEAM FIRE ENGINE.
MINING PUMPS.
SINKING PUMPS.
MARINE PUMPS.
THE “WRECKING” PUMP.
THE “BALLAST” PUMP.
HYDRAULIC GAUGE TEST PUMP.
“SUGAR-HOUSE” PUMPS.
CIRCULATING PUMPS.
ATMOSPHERIC PUMPS.
AMMONIA OR ACID PUMPS.
THE WOOD PROPELLER PUMP.
THE SCREW PUMP.
AERMOTOR PUMPS.
WIND POWER.
WIND POWER PUMPS.
ROTARY PUMPS.
CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS.
TURBINE PUMPS.
THE INJECTOR.
THE PULSOMETER.
PUMP SPEED GOVERNORS.
CONDENSING APPARATUS.
UTILITIES AND ATTACHMENTS.
TANKS AND CISTERNS.
STRAINERS FOR SUCTION PIPES,
THE WATER METER.
TOOLS.
VALVES AND COCKS.
PIPES AND FITTINGS.
USEFUL NOTES
TABLES and DATA
TABLES AND DATA.
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