—Drop lights shall consist of the necessary length of reinforced cord supported by either brass or porcelain bases. Each drop cord to have an adjuster. Figs. 273,a, b, c, d, e, f, g, illustrate the various styles. Fig. 273,h is a shade holder to be used with the drop lights.
INDEX
- A
- Acetylene, gas burner, [302]
- gas machine, the Colt, [300]
- machines, [295]
- generators, types of, [297]
- stoves, [304]
- Air conditioning, [240]
- cooling plants, [244]
- discharged by a flue, [225]
- eliminators, [35], [36]
- properties of, table, [199]
- tester, the Wolpert, [233]
- valves, [19]
- Alcohol, sad irons, [289]
- table stoves, [293]
- Annunciators, [346]
- Anthracite, graphitic, [186]
- Atmospheric humidity, [196]
- B
- Backventing, of plumbing, [105]
- Bathroom, [97]
- Bathtubs, [98]
- fixtures for, [100]
- Bibb, compression flange, [89]
- flange, [89]
- Fuller, [89]
- hose, [89]
- lever handle, [90]
- screw, [89]
- self-closing, [90]
- solder, [89]
- wash-tray, [91]
- Boiler, at end of season, [79]
- cast-iron, [19], [20], [38]
- cylindrical form of, [38]
- house heating, [19], [24]
- rules for management of, [77]
- sheet-metal, [19]
- Boiler, steam, rules for management of, [78]
- the house-heating steam, [19]
- Boyle’s law, definition, [161], [272]
- Briquettes, [189]
- British thermal units, [4]
- for one cent, [190]
- B.t.u., [2], [32], [182], [185]
- Burglar alarms, [344]
- Buzzers, [344]
- C
- Candle, foot, [313]
- Hefner, [310]
- power, [310]
- horizontal, [310]
- spherical, [311]
- Cellar drain, [84]
- Cell, Pilot, storage battery, [370]
- Cesspools, [169]
- Charcoal, [188]
- Check-draft damper, [24]
- Chimney flue, the right, [79]
- Chimneys, “smokey,” [80], [81]
- Cisterns, filters for, [152], [153]
- galvanized iron tanks as, [152]
- rain-water, [151]
- wooden, [152]
- Clinkers, [72], [73]
- Close-nipples, [28]
- Coal, [182]
- anthracite or hard, [183], [193]
- bituminous or soft, [184]
- burning soft, [75]
- calorific value of typical American, [192], [193]
- cannel, [186]
- coking, [184]
- comparative value of, [189]
- free burning, [75]
- Coal, fusing-coking, [75]
- grades of soft, [184]
- pea size, [76]
- price of, [190], [191]
- semi-bituminous, [186], [193]
- Cocks, basin, [92]
- bibb, [88]
- corporation, [87]
- curb, [87]
- Fuller, [91]
- bibb, [89]
- repairs for, [91]
- pantry, [93]
- sill, [93]
- stop and drain, [88]
- stop and waste, [87]
- Code, national electric, [371]
- Coke, [76], [188]
- gas, [188]
- Column, the water, [22]
- Condensation, water of, [6], [10], [11], [15], [35]
- Conductors, [374]
- Cord, lamp, [363]
- portable, [363]
- Current, alternating, [332]
- direct, [332]
- D
- Damper, ash-pit, [59]
- check-draft, [24], [67], [69], [70]
- direct-draft, [59], [61], [67]
- regulator, [59], [60]
- combined thermostat and, [67]
- for hot-water furnaces, [61], [62]
- for steam boiler, [60], [78]
- Design, heating plant, [44]
- Devining rod, [137]
- Dew-point, [209]
- to determine the, [212]
- Dim-a-lite, [323]
- Door bells, [342]
- Draft, economy of good furnace, [70]
- hand, regulation, [59]
- induced, [69]
- Drip-cock, [23]
- Dry cells, [354]
- E
- Electric annunciators, [346]
- batteries, [354]
- battery formation, [358]
- testers, [360]
- burglar alarms, [344]
- buzzers, [344]
- conductors, [362]
- door bell, [342]
- dry cell, [355]
- flat-iron, [326]
- fuse plugs, [334], [337]
- generating plants, [363]
- heaters, [338]
- heating devices, [305]
- lamp cord, [362]
- lamps, Gem, [306]
- incandescent, [306]
- motors, [332]
- panel, [336]
- range, [340]
- signals, [341]
- stoves, [339]
- table pushes, [346]
- toaster, [330]
- Electrical measurements, units of, [317]
- Electricity, [305]
- Eliminator, air, [35], [36]
- Evaporation as a cooling agent, [243]
- F
- Filaments, carbon, [308]
- incandescent lamp, [306], [307]
- tungsten, [307]
- Fire-box, [19], [20], [54]
- Firing, first day, [73]
- in moderate weather, [74]
- in severe weather, [74]
- night, [72]
- Fixtures, bathroom, [105]
- kitchen and laundry, [94]
- Flat-iron, electric, [326]
- Flues, furnace, [55]
- Flush tanks, [110]
- details of construction, [112], [113]
- low down, [111]
- Foot-candle, [313]
- Frost prediction, [212]
- Fuels, comparative value of coal to other, [189]
- danger from gaseous and liquid, [294]
- heating values of domestic, [252]
- moisture in, [194]
- Furnace, cast-iron, [54]
- firing, general rules for, [70]
- times of day for, [72]
- location of, [54]
- the hot-air, [51], [52]
- construction of, [52]
- Furnace-gas leaks, [54]
- Fuse plugs, [334]
- G
- Gage, Bourdon type of, [23]
- electrified Bourdon spring pressure, [36]
- glass, [22], [40], [161], [162]
- steam, [22]
- water, [22]
- Gas, acetylene, machines, [295]
- all-oil water, [251]
- Blau, [251]
- burner, Bunsen, [275]
- open-flame, [278]
- coal, [250]
- lamps, mantle, [274], [276], [277]
- lighters, [302]
- measurements of, [253]
- meter dials, reading of, [255], [256]
- meters, [254]
- prepayment, [256]
- Pintsch, [251]
- service rules, [256], [257]
- ranges, [258]
- water, [251]
- Gases, heating values of, [252]
- Gasoline, [250]
- Beaumé test of, [261]
- Gasoline, boulevard lamp, [287]
- central generator plants for use of, [282]
- cold process system of lighting with, [264], [265]
- gas lamps, [286]
- gravity test of, [262]
- hollow-wire system of lighting and heating with, [269]
- lamps, inverted mantle, [279]
- portable, [280], [281]
- lighting and heating with, [259], [264]
- regulation and sale of, [261]
- sad irons, [289]
- stoves, burners for, [288]
- Gate valve, [94]
- Globe valve, [93]
- angle, [94]
- Grate surface, [53]
- Gravity system, low pressure, [6], [15]
- H
- Heaters, combination hot-air and hot-water, [56]
- direct and indirect, [28]
- furnace hot-water, [122]
- instantaneous, [123]
- tank, [121]
- wash boilers, [96]
- Heating, C. A. Dunham’s system of vapor, [34], [35]
- direct indirect, [30]
- hot-water, [26]
- indirect method of, [29], [30]
- low pressure system of, [5], [6]
- overhead or drop system of steam, [14]
- system of hot water, [44]
- plants, management of, [70]
- separate return system of steam, [13]
- single pipe system of steam, [6], [12], [15]
- steam, [26]
- surface of furnaces, [56]
- Heating, radiators, [26]
- two pipe system of steam, [6], [10], [11], [15]
- Heat, of vaporization, [2]
- specific, [37]
- Hot-air furnace, [61]
- Hot-water heaters, [38]
- House drain, [82]
- Humidifying apparatus, [215]
- plants, [242]
- Humidity, absolute, [196]
- atmospheric, [196]
- control, [244]
- of the air, [196]
- relative, [197], [204]
- Hydraulic ram, [154]
- double acting, [157]
- single acting, [155]
- Hydrometer, storage battery, [368]
- Hygrodeik, [206]
- Hygrometer, [204]
- dial, [208]
- I
- Illumination, [313]
- intensity of, [314]
- quantity of, [314]
- K
- Kerosene, [263]
- legal tests for, [263]
- L
- Lamp, base, the Edison, [311]
- cord, [363]
- labels, [312]
- Lamps, boulevard, [287]
- carbon filament, [311]
- central-generator gas, [286]
- daylight, electric, [324]
- gas-filled electric, [324]
- incandescent electric, [306]
- mantle, [276]
- inverted-mantle gasoline, [279]
- Lamps, Mazda, [310]
- miniature electric, [320], [325]
- portable, gasoline, [280]
- tantalum, [306]
- tungsten-filament, [306]
- turn-down electric, [321]
- Lights, drop, [383]
- flash, [326]
- pilot, [383]
- Lignite, [186]
- Lumen, [313]
- O
- Outlet boxes, [373]
- Overflow pipe, [45]
- Overheated water, [47]
- P
- Peat, [187]
- Pilot light, [375]
- Pipes, covering, [33]
- eliminator, [36]
- flow, [57]
- openings stopped, [113]
- overflow, [40], [41]
- return, [6], [10], [57]
- supply, [6], [10]
- Plant, hot-water heating, [37]
- steam heating, [1], [5]
- Plug receptacles, [378]
- Plumbers friend, [113]
- Plumbing, [81]
- rough, [82]
- Pneumatic motor valve, [237]
- radiator valve, [237]
- Polluted water, [134]
- Pollution of wells, [134]
- Pressure, absolute, [4]
- gage, [4]
- tank, [162]
- vapor, [35], [36]
- Properties of steam, [3]
- Psychrometer, [207]
- Pump, force, the, [146]
- lift, the, [144]
- tank, [146]
- Pumps, [144]
- chain, [151]
- deep well, [150]
- for driven wells, [150]
- priming of, [145]
- well, [148]
- wooden, [148]
- R
- Radiating surface, [1], [21], [22], [27]
- Radiators, air vent on, [77]
- connections, [10], [47]
- corner, [28]
- finishings, [31]
- forms of, [26]
- hot-water, [28], [49]
- rules for proportioning, [24], [25]
- single column, [28]
- pipe, [10], [15]
- three column, [28]
- to control, [79]
- wall, [28]
- water-filled, [15]
- Range boilers, [115]
- blow-off cock, [118]
- double heater connections for, [119]
- excessive pressure in, [117]
- horizontal, [119]
- location, [118]
- Reflectors, [315]
- choice of, [316]
- focusing, [316]
- holoplane, [315]
- intensive, [316]
- Registers, rules for proportioning, [55]
- Regulator, combined thermostat and damper, [67]
- damper, [59], [60], [67]
- draft, [24]
- temperature, [59], [67]
- Riser, [6], [10]
- S
- Sad irons, alcohol, [292]
- gasoline, [289]
- Safety valve, [24], [44], [47], [67]
- Septic tank, [170]
- and anaerobic filter, [174]
- automatic siphon for, [176]
- concrete, [179]
- limit of efficiency of, [178]
- Universal Portland Cement Co., [179]
- with sand-bed filter, [171]
- Sewage, [168]
- disposal, [168]
- purification, [168]
- Sewer, [82], [85]
- gas,[114]
- Short circuiting, [334]
- Sitz bath, [98]
- Slicing bar, [72]
- Slugging, [15]
- Soil pipe, [84], [107]
- Soot pocket, [80]
- Stand pipe eliminator, [36]
- Steam temperatures, [4]
- Stop-cock, [46]
- Stove, acetylene, [292]
- gasoline, [288]
- putty, [54]
- Surface, grate, [53]
- air-heating, [53]
- Surging, [15]
- Switch, automatic door, [378]
- heater, [380]
- local, [382]
- service, [381]
- System, high-pressure hot-water, [41]
- low-pressure gravity, [6]
- hot-water, [38]
- overhead or drop, [14]
- separate return, [13]
- single pipe, [8]
- two pipe, [10]
- T
- Table, air discharged from flues, [229]
- required for ventilation, [220]
- calorific value of American coals, [192]
- Table, dew-point, [210], [211]
- frost prediction, [214]
- heating values of coals, [93]
- gases, [252]
- wood, [187], [188]
- hot-air furnaces, [51]
- registers, [51]
- lumens per watt, [314]
- prices of fuels, [191]
- properties of air, [199]
- steam, [3]
- radiators, sizes of, [27]
- record of evaporation from hot-air furnace, [217]
- relative heating values of domestic fuel, [252]
- humidity, [202], [203]
- sizes of hard coal, [183]
- heating mains, [26]
- hot-air furnaces, [51]
- soft coal, [184]
- thermal units for one cent, [190]
- Table pushes, [346]
- Tank heaters, [121]
- expansion, [38], [40], [41], [45], [46], [47]
- Telephones, intercommunicating, [340]
- Temperature regulation, [59]
- hand, [59]
- pneumatic, [234]
- Thermostats, [62], [67]
- controllers, [62], [63]
- electric, [62]
- motor, [64]
- National Regulator Co., [235], [236]
- pneumatic, [62]
- time attachment, [63]
- Transformers, bell-ringing, [347]
- lamp, [316]
- Traps, Bower, [103]
- clean sweep, [103]
- drum, [103], [105]
- for bathroom fixture, [102], [103]
- inside, [83]
- non-siphoning, [105]
- outside, [83]
- sewer for house drains, [82]
- siphoning, [106]
- S, [103], [104]
- Try-cocks, [22], [23]
- Tungsten, [307]
- U
- Union joint, [18]
- V
- Vacuum, [5]
- Valve, air, [79]
- angle, [18]
- check, [42], [43]
- definition of, [88], [93]
- disc, [19]
- globe, [93]
- hot-water radiator, [49]
- Ohio hot-water, [49]
- on cellar mains, [78]
- safety, [24], [44], [47]
- steam radiator, [18]
- stem, [19]
- Valves, definition of, [93]
- globe, [93]
- Vaporization, heat of, [2]
- Ventilation, [219]
- apparatus, [239]
- by direct method of heating, [31]
- by indirect method of heating, [31]
- cost of, [230]
- De Chaumont standard of, [219]
- mechanical, [237]
- of dwellings, [222], [223], [224]
- Plenum method of, [239]
- quantity of air required for, [220]
- Vents, air, [16], [45], [48], [49]
- automatic air, [16]
- hot-water air, [50]
- Monash No. [16] air, [16]
- pipe, [83]
- radiator, [16]
- sewer, [85]
- the Allen float, [16]
- Voltage variation, effect of, [321]
- W
- Wash stands and lavatories, [101]
- Waste stack, [84], [85]
- Water, ammonia in, [130]
- analyses, [126]
- artesian, [128]
- back, [115]
- chlorine in, [133]
- closets, [108]
- siphon-jet, [108]
- washdown, [109]
- washout, [108]
- frost, [115]
- hammer, [9], [15]
- hardness in, [131]
- iron in, [131]
- lift, [165]
- medical, [128]
- of condensation, [11]
- organic matter in, [130]
- overheated, [121]
- Pokegama, [127]
- polluted, [133]
- river, [127]
- seal, [83]
- softening with hydrated silicates, [132]
- supply, [87], [125]
- electric power, [164]
- plants, domestic, [158]
- gravity, [158]
- power, [163]
- pressure tank system of, [160]
- wind power, [164]
- table, [137]
- Wattmeter, periodic tests of, [354]
- readings, [352]
- recording, [350]
- state regulation of, [353]
- to read the, [350]
- Well, the ideal, [140]
- Wells, artesian, [140]
- bored, [141]
- breathing, [143]
- cleaning of, [142]
- concrete coverings for, [140]
- construction of, [138]
- curbing of, [136], [140]
- cylinders for tubular, [151]
- driven, [141]
- dug, [139]
- flowing, [138]
- freezing, [144]
- gases in, [142]
- open, [139]
- peculiarities of, [143]
- safe distance in the location of, [135]
- selection of the type of, [138]
- surface pollution of, [135]
- Wiped joints, [107]
- Wire annunciator, [353]
- Wiring, electric light, [372]
- Wood, [187]
- heating value of, [187]
Transcriber's Note
The book cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
Minor punctuation errors e.g. missing "." in "Fig." have been corrected.
Inconsistent hyphenation and use of ligatures has been left e.g. cast-iron and cast iron. (Often the difference is between the hyphenation in the text, that used in captions to illustrations and that used in the index.)