COMPOSITION, USES AND MANUFACTURE
BY ILTYD I. REDWOOD
CONTENTS
Introduction.—Lubricants.
Theoretical.—Chapter I. Mineral Oils: American and Russian; Hydrocarbons. Chapter II. Fatty Oils: Glycerides; Vegetable Oils; Fish Oils. Chapter III. Mineral Lubricants: Graphite; Plumbago. Chapter IV. Greases: Compounded; "Set" or Axle; "Boiled" or Cup. Chapter V. Tests of Oils: Mineral Oils. Fatty Oils.
Manufacture.—Chapter VI. Mineral Oil Lubricants: Compounded Oils; Debloomed Oils. Chapter VII. Greases: Compounded Greases; "Set" or Axle Greases; Boiled Greases; Engine Greases. Appendix. The Action of Oils on Various Metals. Index.
Tables.—I. Viscosity and Specific Gravity. II. Atomic Weights. III. Origin, Tests, Etc., of Oils. IV. Action of Oils on Metals.
List of Plates.—I.—I. I. Redwood's Improved Set Measuring Apparatus. II. Section Grease Kettle. III. Diagram of the Action of Oils on Different Kinds of Metals.
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