Maxims and Instructions for the Boiler Room / Useful to Engineers, Firemen & Mechanics; Relating to Steam Generators, Pumps, Appliances, Steam Heating, Practical Plumbing, etc.

by N. Hawkins

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].
• Illustration of size, [245].
• 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].
• Plate, dead, description, [180].
• 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].

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