Page
Accumulator, an, des.,[151]
hydraulic, ills. and des.,[171]-[173]
rule for calculating capacity of,[172]
Acid, muriatic, specific gravity of,[96]
sulphuric, specific gravity of,[96]
Adjustment of the slide valves of the underwriter steam fire pumps,[360]
Advantages of a duplex pump as a fire pump,[351]
Aëriform fluids, des.,[15]
Air, des., composition of,15, 16
and vacuum chambers for the underwriter pump,[381]
Practically the reverse of each other,[221]
Air-bound, def.,[17]
Air chamber of pump, ills.,[223]
chambers, ills. and des.,[220]
Air-cock, def.,[17]
Air, gravity and elasticity of,16
Air pump,13
and electric motor, ills. and des.,[271]
valve, marking of, for the underwriter pump,[385]
Alcohol, specific gravity of,[96]
Alcometer, def.,[94]
Allen, Frank, annotations,IV, VIII
Alternating motor, des. and ills.,[252]
Ammeters, des. and ills.,[256]
Ampere, def.,[256]
Angle for crank positions of duplex, triplex and quadruplex pumps,[230]
of check valve, ills. and des.,[227]
Animal power,[187]
Animals, when drinking are natural bellows pumps, Note,[199]
Annular valve, def.,[17]
Antimony, specific gravity of,[96]
Apparatus, hydraulic, def.,[157]
Archimedes and the hydrostatic balance,[93]
Area, def.,[17]
Armature, des. and ills.,[247], [251]
Armored pump valves, ills. and des.,[217]
Armstrong, Sir William, designer of the hydraulic accumulator,[171]
Arsenic, specific gravity of,[96]
Asphalt, melted, raised by pumps,[188]
Assembling, def.,[17]
Atmospheric electricity,[245]
pressure, def.,[17]
Attraction, capillary, def.,[103]
of gravitation,[85]
Auxiliary, def.,[17]
Bag pump, ills. and des.,[198]
Balanced valve, def.,[18]
Ball check-valve, def.,[18]
Barrel or cylinder of a pump, des.,[189]
ills.,[195]
Base of hand pump, ills.,[195]
Basket, def.,[18]
Battery, how indicated by the signs + and -,[261]
Bellows-pump, illustrated and des.,[186], [198], [199]
Belted pumps, des. and ills.,[225]
Belt-pumps, hydraulic,[200]
pumps, why so called,[187]
Bends, def.,[18]
Bethesda, pool of, historical def.,[49]
Bibb-cock, def.,[18]
Blakeslee steam pump, ills. and des.,[299]-[301]
Bodies soluble in water, how weighed,[94]
Boiler feed pump duplex power, ills. and des.,[230]-[231]
pumps, ills. and des.,[225]-[234]
table of capacity of,[226]
Boiling point of water,[76]
Bolt-extractor, des. and ills.,[164]
Bolts and stubs to be used in the underwriter steam fire pump,[356]
Bonnets, def.,[18]
ills.,[223]
Boss, def.,[19]
Boulton, Matthew, inventor of hydraulic ram note,[175]
Bourdon spring, of metallic barometer des.,[115]-[116]
Bounarbashi fountains of, historical def.,[50]
Braden pump valve, ills. and des.,[215]-[216]
Bramah, time of his invention of the hydraulic press,[169]
Brass, specific gravity of,[96]
Breast, water wheel des. and ills.,[122]
Brick, specific gravity of,[96]
Bronze, specific gravity of,[96]
Brotherhood three cylinder hydraulic engine,[150]-[152]
Brushes, dynamo, des. and ills.,[251], [262]
Buckets, gaining and losing, historical, des. and ills.,[59], [60]
part of water wheel,[130]
Buffalo single cylinder pump, ills. and des.,[319]-[321]
Burnham steam pump, ills. and des.,[324]-[326]
Bushing, def.,[19]
Caffee, Alberto H., dedication of work to,[V]
Calabash, des.,[38]
Cameron steam pump, ills. and des.,[295], [296]
Capacity of a pump, depends upon speed, etc.,[353]-[354]
Capacity plate of the underwriter steam fire pump,[355]
Capillary attraction, def.,[103]
facts and ills.,[103], [104]
note, containing examples of,[104]
Care and management of electric pumps,[268]
Carlyle, quotation,IV
Cases for turbines, des. and ills.,[136]
Castor oil, specific gravity of,[96]
Cauldron, ills.,[35]
Centrifugal pump and electric motor, ills. and des.,[272]
pumps, why so called,[188]
Chain of pots, des. and ills.,[63]
pumps, why so called,[187]
Chambers, air and vacuum for the underwriter pump,[381]
Charcoal, specific gravity of,[96]
Check-nut, def.,[19]
valve, def.,[19]
office of,[388]
of the underwriter pump, method of use,[387], [388]
wing pattern, ills. and des.,[227]
Chemicals, pump for handling, ills. and des.,[233]
Chinese windlass, des. and ills.,[47], [62]
“Chutes” of water wheel, ills.,[139]
Circuit breakers,[255]
Circulating pump, def.,[19]
Clack valve, def.,[19]
Classification of pumps,[185]
Clay, specific gravity of,[96]
Clearance, def.,[19]
space of the underwriter steam fire pump,[356]
Clepsydra, des. and ills.,[39]
Coal, specific gravity of,[96]
Cock, def.,[19]
Cocks, drain, for the underwriter pump,[390]
Coefficient of friction, def.,[99]
Collecting-brushes, part of dynamo,[248]
Column pipe, def.,[19]
Commutator, ills. and des.,[247], [262]
bars, des. and ills.,[251]
Compensator,[256]
Compound duplex pumps, with the Deane switch valves,[343]
steam pumps,[65]
Compounding, what it consists of,[335]
Compression gauge cock, def.,[20]
Compton hydraulic motor, des. and ills.,[153]
Computation of capacity of the underwriter fire pump, method of,[353]-[354]
Computation relating to specific gravity of various bodies,[95]-[98]
relating to the velocity of falling bodies,[89], [90]
Conditions of service required of a pump,[224]
Cone, discharge, of the underwriter pump,I, [384]
Construction of the water ends of single cylinder and duplex pumps,[209]
Contents, Table of, part one,[15]
Controllable valve arrangement, des. and ills., for underwriter pump,[386]
Copper, specific gravity of,[96]
Copyright, page,VIII
Cork, specific gravity of,[96]
Corliss valves applied to the Riedler belt driven pumps,[240]
Cornish (engine) pump, des.,[65]
pumping engines, history of,[65]
Corrosion, def.,[20]
Covers, valve springs and guards for the underwriter pump,[376]
Crane, Anglo-Saxon, historical ref. and ills.,[48]
Cranes, lifts and hydraulic,[180]
Crow, def.,[20]
Cup leather packing,[20], [154], [190]
Current delivered from a dynamo, how reversed,[264]
Current electricity,[244]
Current water wheel, des. and ills.,[123]
Cushioning, def.,[20]
Cushion valves of the underwriter fire pump,[362]
Cylinder head or cylinder cover, def.,[20]
of hydraulic jack, des. and ills.,[158], [159]
or barrel of a pump, des.,[189]
pumps, why so called,[188]
Cylinders for the water end of the underwriter steam fire pump,[367]
of the underwriter fire pump, thicknesses of,[356]
Davidson steam pump, ills. and des.,[287]-[289]
Dead end of a pipe, def.,[20]
Dean Bros. pump, ills. and des.,[326]-[328]
Deane single acting triplex power pump,[234]
switch valve, special features of,[34]
steam pump, ills. and des.,[317]-[319]
Dedication of work,V
Delivery valves of the underwriter pump,[376]
Dial of pressure gauge of the underwriter pump, how marked,[382]
Diaphragm pumps, why so called,[187]
Direct acting duplex steam pump, des.,[69]
pumps, des.,[66]-[68]
Direct current motor, des.,[249]
Discharge cone of the underwriter pump,[384]
pipe connection, ills.,[223]
how made,[204]
Disk or disc, def.,[20]
Domestic electric pumps, ills. and des.,[269]
Double acting power pump, with 4 check valves, ills. and des.,[227]
pumps, how they do their work,[187], [188]
pump, when invented,[53]
Double-eye or knuckle joint, def.,[20]
seated poppet valve, def.,[21]
Drafting water, des.,[21]
Draft tube of a water wheel, des.,[135]
Drain cocks for the underwriter pump,[390]
Drip-pipe, des.,[21]
Driven or tube wells,[202]
Dry steam, def.,[286]
Duct, def.,[21]
Duplex fire pump, shop name and shop number required on plate attached to underwriters,[355]
underwriters steam end,[356]-[366]
oil pumps, ills. and des.,[339]
power pump not to be confounded with “Duplex pumps”,[230]
pump, ills. and des.,[331]-[398]
outside packed plunger pattern for high pressure,[341]
setting valves of,[338]
pumps, history of,[65], [69]
only acceptable for fire pumps,[351]
with Deane switch valve,[343]
Worthington admiralty pattern of, ills. and des.,[337]
steam fire pump, underwriters, water end of,[367]-[380]
steam pump, important note,[333]
valve motion,[333]-[334]
underwriters steam, fire pump,[343]-[398]
“Dutchman,” def.,[21]
“Duty” of pumps, def.,[20]
Dynamics, def.,[245]
Dynamo, def.,[247]
early Edison type,[248]
electric current from a, how reversed,[264]
five principal parts,[247]
when it becomes a motor,[260]
Dynamometer, turbine, des.,[128]
Eccentrics of the triplex power pump, how set,[232]
Edison dynamo, early type,[248]
Efficiency of an electric pump,[268]
Efflux of water under pressure,[105]-[113]
Elbow, def.,[21]
shown in piping, ills. and des.,[223]
Electric circuit breakers,[255]
Electric current, action of,[257]
from a dynamo, how reversed,[264]
Electric drive for fire pumps, ills. and des.,[273]
house tank pumping plant, ills. and des.,[269]
Electricity and electrical machinery,[243]
how classified and defined,[244]
how measured,[246]
important note,[243]
in vibration,[244]
vitreous, negative, positive, etc.,[245]
whence derived,[243]
Electric mining pumps, ills. and des.,[274]-[276]
Electric motor and air pump, ills. and des.,[271]
motor, des.,[249]
operating a portable track pump, ills. and des.,[276]
pump, ills. and des.,[272]-[273]
pump,[241]-[276]
pumping installation, notable example,[275]
pumping machinery,[267]-[276]
pumps, care and management,[268]
properly power pumps,[208]
why so called,[187]
Electric-rheostat, transformer, compensator,[256]
Electric-switches and switchboards,[254]-[255]
Electro-magnets, ills. and des.,[259]
Electro-motive force, def.,[246]
Elementary hydraulics,[71]-[73]
Elements, phial of four, (mercury, water, alcohol and petroleum) des.,[81]
Elevator pumps, why so called,[187]
Emery, specific gravity of,[96]
E. M. F., def.,[246]
Energy, mechanical and electrical, how transformed,[260]
Engineering, as a branch of hydraulics,[74]
Engine, Rife hydraulic,[177]-[179]
English unit of heat, ills. and des.,[284]
Equilibrium of superposed liquids, data,[81]
Equilibrium-valve, def.,[21]
Ewbank, Thomas, author, ref. to,[46]
“Ewbank’s hydraulics,” credit given for use of,[52]
Ewers, golden, used by rich Egyptians,[38]
Expansion joint, des.,[21]
Face, def.,[21]
Factor of safety, def.,[22]
Feather, or sunk key, def.,[22]
Field magnets,[247]
Field, Marshall, reference to,[273]
Field spider, electrical, def.,[253]
Fire-engine, historical reference,[35]
Fire-pumps, electric drive for, ills. and des.,[273]
national standard specification for the manufacture of,[351]
steam to be started once a week,[377]
underwriter,[344]
uniform requirements for the underwriter’s steam,[350]
Flange packing, hydraulic, ills. and des.,[154]
Flanges, table of standard sizes for underwriter pump,[381]
Flax, plaited, recommended for packing power pumps,[230]
Flow, def.,[22]
of water result of gravity,[89]
under pressure, 3 cases of,[105]
Fluid condition of matter,[73]
Fluids, aeriform, des.,[15]
data relating to,[77]-[84]
division into liquids and vapors or gases,[73]
elastic, two classes of,[73]
friction of, des.,[99]
Flume, def.,[22]
for water wheel, size of,[138]
water, how to construct,[138]
Flutter-wheels, des.,[121]
Foot valve and strainer, ills. and des.,[223]
Force pumps, classification of,[187]
two-cylinder,[192]
when invented,[53]
Formula for obtaining the efficiency of hydraulic rams,[177]
Foster steam pump, ills. and des.,[292]-[294]
Foundations for hand pumps, des.,[204]
Fourneyron’s turbine, historical note,[128]
Francis Weir table formula,[122]
Frictional Electricity,[244]
resistance of water, three laws of,[100]
Friction and viscosity of fluids, def.,[99]
sliding, def.,[100]
two kinds of,[99]
Fulcrum of the lever of a hand pump,[195]
Fusee windlass, historical note,[62]
Gaining and losing buckets, historical, des. and ills.,[59]-[60]
Gang pumps, triplex power, ills. and des.,[231]
Garner, Maj. Abram B., dedication of work to,[V]
Gas a condition or state of matter def.,[73]
Gaseous condition of matter,[73]
Gases, permanent, des.,[73]
Gas pumps, why so called,[187]
Gate valve, des.,[22]
of the underwriter pump, how marked,[389]
Gate-wheel of turbine water wheel, ills.,[139]
Gauge, pressure, for the underwriter pump,[382]
Gauges, hydraulic, des. and ills.,[115]
Generator, electric, def.,[247]
four-pole, des. and ills.,[251]
Gland, def.,[22]
and stuffing-box, ills. and des.,[211]
Glass, specific gravity of,[96]
Globe valve, def.,[22]
Glossary of pump and hydraulic terms,[17]-[34]
Gold, specific gravity of,[96]
Goose neck, def.,[22]
Gould triplex single acting power pump, ills. and des.,[236], [237]
Gourd, ills.,[35], [38]
Granite, specific gravity of,[96]
Gravitation, important note,[88]
universal,[85]
Gravity, law of,[85]
influence in weight of water, note,[80]
specific,[91]
Gridiron valve, def.,[23]
“Guides” of water wheels, des.,[131]
Guild and Garrison steam pump, ills. and des.,[307]-[308]
Gutter, double, des. and ills.,[54]
Gyle and gyle-tun, def., also note,[157]
Gypsum, specific gravity of,[96]
Hand-nut, def.,[23]
Hand pumps, classification of,[187]
points for erecting and operating,[204]
Hand rotary force pump, ills. and des.,[197]
Hand wheel for safety valve of the underwriter pump, ills.,[383]
“Hat” or flange hydraulic packing, ills. and des.,[154]
“Head of water,” def.,[23]
Heat units, def.,[23]
Hercules (turbine) wheel, des. and ills.,[132], [133]
Hero, his first mention of steam, 200 years B. C.,[279]
Hero’s water clock, des. and ills.,[39]
“Hesitates,” def.,[23]
High pressure steam, def.,[286]
High speed in pumps, disadvantages of,[215]
Hill steam pump, ills. and des.,[305]-[306]
History of hydraulic engines,[149]
invention of the duplex steam pump,[335]
Holloway, J. F., historical quotation,[37]
note relating to pumping oil,[341]
Hooker steam pump, with outside valve gear,[301]-[303]
Horizontal jack, ills. and des.,[163], [164]
pumps, why so called,[187]
turbine wheel, des.,[133]
Horse power apparatus, combined pump,[201]
theoretic, of Niagara Falls water wheels,[143]
of a pump, def.,[23]
Hose valves, sizes for the underwriter pump,[383]
“Hump,” def.,[23]
Hydrant, def.,[23]
Hydraulic accumulator, ills. and des.,[171]-[173]
Hydraulic apparatus,[154]-[184]
pumps as,[181]
Hydraulic belt, def.,[23]
pump,[200]
Hydraulic bolt extractor, ills. and des.,[164]
data,[77]-[84]
engine of Huelgoat, interesting note,[149]
Ramsbottom’s, des. and ills.,[148], [150]-[152]
Brotherhood three-cylinder,[150]-[152]
gauges, des. and ills.,[115]
Hydraulic intensifier, des.,[173]
Hydraulic jack, des. and ills.,[158]-[162]
Hydraulic jacks, pulling, horizontal, etc.,[163], [164]
relating to repairs and use,[161], [162]
lifts and cranes,[180]
machinery, broadly divided,[119]
machine tools,[183], [184]
motors,[147]-[153]
motors, resemblance to high pressure steam engines,[149]
Hydraulic motor, the Compton,[153]
packings,[153], [154]
pivot, def.,[24]
press, des. and ills.,[169], [170]
when invented,[53]
punch, des. and ills.,[165]-[167]
Hydraulic ram, double,[177]
table of capacity,[174]
des. and ills.,[180]
Hydraulics, as a branch of engineering,[73], [74]
as a term, how formed,[74]
def.,[73]
Hydraulics, elementary,[71], [73]-[116]
Hydraulic shears, def.,[24]
shock, def.,[145]
tourniquet, des. and ills.,[126]
valve, def.,[24]
wheel, def.,[24]
Hydro-dynamics, def.,[73], [74]
Hydro-mechanics, def.,[74]
as a branch of natural philosophy,[74]
stress considered in a pressure, is always,[147]
Hydro-meters, see note,[92]
Hydro-pneumatics,15, [75]
Hydrostatics, def.,[74]
Hydrostatic balance, des. and ills.,[93]
paradox, data, ills.,[78]
Impact, def.,[24]
water wheels,[121]
India rubber best for fire pump valves,[377]
Induction motors, as used in mines,[275]
special electrical quality of,[252]
Inspection shop, required of the underwriters steam fire pump makers,[356]
Installation of electric pumps,[268]
Intensifier, hydraulic, des.,[173]
Introduction, historical,[35]-[70]
Introductory Considerations,[70]
Invention of pressure engines, a new mode of employing water as a motive agent,[147]
Inventions, successive,[65]
water lifting,[53]
Iron cases for turbine water wheels, des. and ills.,[136]
Iron draft tube, des.,[137]
Iron, specific gravity of,[96]
Italian mode of raising water, des. and ills.,[51]
Jantu, the historical, des. and ills.,[54]
Jet pumps, why so called,[188]
Jets, direction of, from orifices,[113]
Joseph’s well, Cairo, ills.,[45]
use of chain of pots in,[63], [64]
Joule’s experiment,[284]
Knowles steam pump, ills. and des.,[310]-[312]
Knuckle-joint, def.,[20]
Laidlaw-Dunn-Gordon duplex underwriter pump, ills. and des.,[273]
steam pump, ills. and des.,[290]-[292]
Laminated pole piece, def. and ills.,[254]
Law of gravity,[85]
Laws of falling bodies,[86]
Table,[87]
Lead, specific gravity of,[96]
“Leakage,” def.,[24]
Leather collar hydraulics, the invention of Bramah,[153], [154]
the, of a hand pump, how held in place,[191]
valve of hand pump, ills.,[195]
Leffel-Samson turbine water wheel, des. and ills.,[130]
Leffel water wheel, ills.,[128], [130], [132], [134], [136], [144]
Levator, quotation from,X
“Lift and drop of a valve,” def.,[24]
Lifting-jack, def.,[29]
Lifts and cranes, hydraulic,[180]
Line of direction, or line of a falling body,[88]
“Liner,” def.,[24]
Liquid, def.,[73]
Liquids, as a condition or state of matter,[73]
equilibrium of superposed, data,[81]
three cases of flow under pressure,[105]
veins, form and constitution of,[106], [107]
Live steam, def.,[286]
“Losing water,” def.,[25]
“Lost motion,” def.,[25]
Low pressure steam, def.,[286], [25]
“Lug,” def.,[25]
Magnetic current, pressure necessary to produce a,[242]
field of how produced,[260]
needle, des.,[266]
ills.,[242]
Magnetism,[244]
Magneto-electricity,[245]
Magnets, electro, ills. and des.,[259]
Magnitudes, three-time, length and quality,[87], [88]
“Main,” def.,[25]
Manual power,[187]
Marble, specific gravity of,[96]
Mason, Chas. J., quotation from,VII
Mason steam pump, ills. and des.,[297]-[299]
Matter, def.,[88]
solid, liquid and gaseous, states of,[73]
three physical conditions, des.,[73]
McGowan steam pump, ills. and des.,[308]-[310]
Mean gradient, def.,[25]
Measurement of water pressure,[113]
Mercury, specific gravity of,[96]
Mica, specific gravity of,[96]
Mica, where used,[251]
Millstone, specific gravity of,[96]
Miner’s inch, def.,[25]
Mining outfit, how divided,[275]
Mississippi River gauge cock, def.,[25]
Model of suctions and force pumps, glass,[181]
“Modulus” of a steam pump, def.,[25]
Momenta, equal, principle of applied to fluids,[83]
Montgolfier’s hydraulic ram, note,[175]
Moore steam pump, ills. and des.,[313]-[315]
Motor, alternating induction, des. and ills.,[252]
and centrifugal pump, ills. and des.,[272]
direct current, des.,[249]
electric, and air pump, ills. and des.,[271]
electric, des.,[249]
electric, why revolves, explanation,[258]
Motors, division of water, des.,[119]
giving names to pumps,[187]
hydraulic,[147], [153]
induction, as used in mines,[275]
Motor, water, simplicity of,[120]
note,[120]
when it becomes a dynamo,[260]
Mud, pump for handling, ills. and des.,[233]
National standard duplex fire pump, ills. and des.,[343]-[398]
points of difference between it and the trade pump,[395]
pump,[349]
specifications for the manufacture of steam fire pumps,[349], [351]
National steam pump, ills. and des.,[303], [304]
Natural philosophy, hydro-mechanics as a branch of,[74]
Needle, magnetic, des.,[266]
ills.,[242]
Negative electricity,[245]
Newcomen pumping engines, history of,[65]
Thomas, historical ref.,[36]
Niagara Falls turbine wheels, notes,[142], [143]
des. and ills.,[140], [144]
Nipple, def.,[26]
Nitrogen, what part of air,15
Noria, the, or Egyptian wheel, des. and ills.,[57]
Nozzles, kind of, to be used in connections with the national steam fire pump,[353]
Oak, specific gravity of,[96]
Oil pump, ills. and des.,[233]
duplex, ills. and des.,[339]
Olive oil, specific gravity of,[96]
Oscillating pumps, why so called,[188]
Outboard delivery pipe, def.,[26]
“Outfit” of underwriter pump,[273]
“Out-put” of electric motor,[249]
Over-shot water wheel, des. and ills.,[123], [125]
Oxygen, what part of air,15
Packings, hydraulic,[153], [154]
most suitable for power pumps,[230]
Packing of hand pumps,[204]
loss of power in use of hydraulic,[154]
Parts of a pump,[209]
Parts of pitcher pump, ills. and des.,[195]
Penstock, ills.,[134], [135]
def.,[26]
Persian wheel, des. and ills.,[58]
Pet-cock, def.,[26]
Pewter, specific gravity of,[96]
Picotah of Hindostan, des. and ills.,[49]
Pine, specific gravity of,[96]
Piston, actual velocity of,[374]
Piston and valve rods of the underwriter fire pump, ills. and des.,[364]
Pistons, steam, of the underwriter steam fire pumps,[359]
Piston, the, is nucleus of power of pumps and engines,[149]
Pitcher pump, def.,[26]
spout pump, des. and ills.,[195]
“Pitman” of a pump, des.,[190]
Pipe-clamp, def.,[26]
Pipe sizes, table of, for underwriter pump,[380]
“Pipette,” def.,[26]
Piping a pump, ills. and des.,[222], [223]
Pipkin, ills.,[35]
Phial of four elements (mercury, water, alcohol and petroleum), des.,[81]
Phosphorus, specific gravity of,[96]
Plate, capacity, of underwriter steam fire pump,[355]
Platinum, specific gravity of,[96]
Plug-valve, def.,[26]
Plumb-bob, def.,[26]
Plunger of a pump, how indicated in [Fig. 181] and succeeding ills.,[209]
of hand pump, ills.,[195]
pumps, single acting, ills. of two,[228], [229]
Plungers, proportion of water and steam, advised by the Underwriters Associat’n,[352], [353]
water, of the underwriter steam fire pump,[368]
Pneumatics,[15]
def.,[74]
hydro,[15]
“Points” for erecting and operating hand pumps,[204]
Pole-piece, laminated, def. and ills.,[254]
Pole-pieces, part of dynamo,[247]
Poplar, specific gravity of,[96]
Porcelain, specific gravity of,[96]
Positive electricity,[245]
Pots, chain of, des. and ills.,[63]
Power or steam ends of pumps,[211]
Power pump, double acting (4 check valves),[227]
duplex, ills. and des.,[230], [231]
classification of,[187], [207]
Power transmission by water pressure engines,[145]
Preface,[II]
Press, hydraulic, des. and ills.,[169], [170]
Pressure gauge for the underwriter pump,[382]
necessary to produce a magnetic current,[242]
of electric currents, how measured,[256]
of water, table of,[114]
reducing valve, def.,[27]
Priming, def.,[27]
arrangement, des.,[390]
pipe of pump connections,[223]
place for the underwriter pump, ills. and des.,[387]
Prizometer or pressure guage, def.,[115]
Properties of steam, explanation,[281]-[285]
Pulley and bucket, historical des. and ills.,[46], [48]
and windlass, historical, des.,[60], [61]
Pulling-jack, hydraulic, des. and ills.,[161], [163]
Pump and combined horse power apparatus,[201]
bag, ills. and des.,[198]
bellows, ills. and des.,[186], [198], [199]
Pump-box, def.,[27]
Pump-brake, def.,[27]
Pump, Buffalo single cylinder, ills. and des.,[319]-[321]
Pump, Burnham steam, ills. and des.,[324]-[326]
Pump-chain, def.,[27]
Pump-cheeks, def.,[27]
Pump, conditions of service required of a,[224]
Pump, Dean Bros., ills. and des.,[326]-[328]
Deane single acting triplex power pump, ills. and des.,[234], [235]
Deane steam, ills. and des.,[317]-[319]
double acting low service, belt driven,[227]
duplex, ills. and des.,[331]-[398]
duplex, outside packed plunger pattern for high pressure,[341]
duplex power, ills. and des.,[230]
duplex steam, explanation,[333]
electric, direct driven motor, ills. and des.,[272]-[273]
electric induction motor, ills. and des.,[276]
electric mining, ills. and des.,[274]-[276]
Gould single acting triplex power pump, ills. and des.,[236], [237]
Pump, Guild and Garrison steam, ills. and des.,[307]-[308]
hand rotary force, ills. and des.,[197]
hydraulic belt,[200]
Pumping engine, historical reference,[36]
Pumping machinery, electric,[267]-[276]
Pump, Knowles steam, ills. and des.,[310]-[312]
Laidlaw-Dunn-Gordon, ills. and des.,[290]-[292]
Laidlaw-Dunn-Gordon duplex underwriter, ills. and des.,[275]
McGowan steam, ills. and des.,[308]-[310]
Moore steam, ills. and des.,[313]-[315]
Pump parts, ills. and des.,[209]
Pump, parts of a,[189]
pitcher spout, des. and ills.,[195]
quintuplex, used for mining operations,[275]
rope, ills. and des.,[200]
Pumps and Hydraulics, in two parts, Part One,I-III
Pumps as hydraulic apparatus,[181]
Pumps, belted, des. and ills.,[225]
boiler feed, ills. and des.,[225]-[234]
duplex oil, ills. and des.,[339]
for thick stuff,[233]
high speed in, a disadvantage,[215]
single acting triplex plunger, ills. and des.,[233]
Pump sizes and capacities, standard of, given in underwriter table,[352]
Pump slip or slippage,[214]
Pump, Smith-Vaile single, ills. and des.,[329]-[330]
Snow steam, ills, and des.,[315]-[317]
Pumps, power driven, how classified,[207]
Pump, spray hand, ills. and des.,[201]
Pumps, single acting, ills. of two,[228], [229]
stationary, for mine use, how classified,[275]
steam end of, explanation,[279]-[285]
steam, ills. and des.,[277]-[330]
suction and force, models of, glass,[181]
suction, for vessels and irrigation,[193]
steam, the Mason, ills. and des.,[297]-[299]
their operation and management,[208]
triplex power, gang, ills. and des.,[231]
two-cylinder force,[193]
underwriter fire,[344]
water ends of, des. and ills.,[209]
Pump, the air,13
the Blakeslee steam, ills. and des.,[299]-[301]
the Cameron steam, ills. and des.,[295], [296]
the Davidson steam, ills. and des.,[287]-[289]
the Foster steam, ills. and des.,[292]-[294]
the Hill steam, ills. and des.,[305]-[306]
the Hooker steam, with outside gear, ills. and des.,[301]-[303]
the National steam, ills. and des.,[303], [304]
the practical operation of a, note,[189]
the Riedler belt driven, ills. and des.,[238]-[240]
the Riedler express,[240]
the theoretical action of a,[189]
Pump valves, des. and ills.,[209]
of the underwriter steam fire pump,[372]
reinforced, des. and ills.,[215]
size and number of, for the underwriter pump,[373]
Pump, Weinman steam, ills. and des.,[322]-[324]
Pump-well, def.,[27]
Pump, Worthington duplex,[336]
Worthington house tank, ills. and des.,[269]-[270]
Punch, hydraulic, des. and ills.,[165]-[166]
Quintuplex pump, used in mining operations,[275]
Quotations,I, II
Radiated electricity,[245]
Rain-gauge, def.,[28]
Ram, double hydraulic,[177]
hydraulic, table of capacity,[174]
des. and ills.,[180]
of hydraulic jack, des. and ills.,[158], [159]
Rife hydraulic,[177]
Ramsbottom hydraulic engine, des. and ills.,[148], [150]-[152]
Reaction turbine water wheel,[127]
water wheel, des. and ills.,[126]
Reducing-coupling, def.,[28]
Riedler express pump,[240]
the belt driven pump, ills. and des.,[238]-[240]
Reinforced pump valves, des. and ills.,[215]
Relief valve of the underwriter pump,[384]
Resinous electricity,[245]
Resistance, def.,[28]
three laws of, in flow of water,[100]
Rheostat, des.,[256]
Rife hydraulic ram, or engine,[177]-[179]
Right-hand thread, def.,[28]
Rock shafts, cranks, links, etc., of the underwriter fire pump,[361]
Racks, water, for water wheels, how best made,[131]
Roberts torpedo for clearing wells, note,[202]
Roman screw for raising water, des. and ills.,[52]
wells, historical ref.,[48]
Rope pump, ills. and des.,[200]
pumps, why so called,[187]
socket, def.,[28]
Rotary, hand, force pump, ills. and des.,[197]
pumps, why so called,[188]
Rotative engine pumps, des.,[65]
Rubber, how to determine quality of,[372]
Rule for calculating capacity of accumulator,[172]
for finding the specific gravity of a solid body,[95]
for velocity of water in flume, pipes and tail race,[138]
relating to the velocities of fluids flowing from orifices,[105], [106]
relating to velocity of falling bodies,[89]
to find weight of a cubic foot of anything in the table of specific gravities,[97]
“Runner” of turbine wheels, des.,[131]
Rust-joint, def.,[28]
Safety valve for the underwriter pump, des.,[383]
Salt, specific gravity of,[96]
Sand, specific gravity of,[96]
Saturated steam, def.,[286]
Savery, Capt. Thomas, historical ref.,[36]
Scoop wheel, des. and ills.,[56]
Screw jack or lifting jack, def.,[29]
Roman, for raising water, des. and ills.,[52]
Sea injection, def.,[29]
Seats, valve, of the underwriter pump,[377]
Sea water, how many cubic feet to ton,[97]
specific gravity of,[96]
Selden’s packing, recommended for packing power pumps,[230]
Semi-liquids, def.,[75]
pump for handling, ills. and des.,[233]
Setting of a turbine wheel in penstock, des. and ills.,[134]
Setting chamber of duplex pump, des.,[336]
Sewage, pump for handling, ills. and des.,[232]
Shawinigan turbine wheel, des.,[133]
ills.,II, IV
Shield for prevention of accident in gear pumps,[233]
Ship pumps, working, by ropes, ills.,[14]
“Shocks,” def.,[29]
Shop name, and shop number required on plate attached to the underwriter steam fire pump,[355]
Siloah’s fountain, historical ref.,[49]
Silver, specific gravity of,[96]
Single acting pumps, how they do their work,[188]
why so called,[187]
“Slams,” def.,[29]
Slate, specific gravity of,[96]
Sleeve-coupling, def.,[29]
Sliding friction, def.,[100]
“Slippage,” def.,[29]
of water in pumps,[214]
Sluice, def.,[29]
Slurry pump, def.,[29]
Smith-Vaile single pump, ills. and des.,[329]-[330]
Snow steam pump, ills. and des.,[315]-[317]
Soap, pump for handling, ills. and des.,[233]
Solid, def.,[73]
Solids, a condition or state of matter,[73]
Socket-wrench, def.,[29]
Spanner, def.,[29]
Specific gravity of liquids,[96]
of steam,[286]
rule for finding the, of a solid body,[95]
standard for,[91]
tables, rule to find weight of anything in,[97]
Spline or feather, def.,[29]
Split-pin or cutter, def.,[29]
Spray pump, ills. and des.,[201]
“Spread,” def.,[29]
Spring, a conical, employed to hold the valve to its seat,[209]
Spring-seat, def.,[29]
Springs, valve, guards and covers for the underwriter pump,[376]
Standard, National, specification for the manufacture of steam fire pumps,[351]
Statics, def.,[244]
what it treats of,[74]
electricity,[244]
Steam end of a pump, def.,[30], [279]-[285]
of the underwriter steam fire pump, details of,[356]-[366]
Steam engines, compound, adapted to pump,[70]
Steam fire pumps, to be started once a week,[377]
Steam gas, def.,[286]
history of steam and the steam engine,[280]
how produced,[285]
or power ends of pumps,[209]
parts of the underwriter steam fire pump,[356]
properties of, explanation,[281]-[285]
properties which make it valuable,[286]
Steam pump, ills. and early patent of H. R. Worthington,[278]-[330]
how classified,[188]
why so called,[187]
Steam, relative volume of, diagram,[282]
specific gravity of,[286]
thrown valves, def.,[30]
total heat of,[286]
useful definitions relating to,[285]-[286]
Steel, specific gravity of,[96]
Stems, valve, of the underwriter pump,[379]
Step for water wheel, danger of heating,[137]
“Sticking of valves,” def.,[30]
des.,[377]
Strainer, def.,[30]
foot valve, ills. and des.,[223]
for suction pipe, ills.,[204]
for tube wells, ills. and des.,[203]
Streams, velocities of, ills.,[110]
“Stroke” of pump, def.,[30]
Stub-end, def.,[30]
Stud-bolt, def.,[30]
Stuffing-box, def.,[30]
and gland, ills. and des.,[211]
of the underwriter steam fire pump,[365]
Submerged pump, def.,[30]
Sucker-rod, couplings, des. and ills.,[203], [204]
“Sucking wind,” def.,[31]
Suction and force pumps, classification of,[187]
glass models of,[181]
two-cylinder, arranged with extension levers, ills.,[196]
Suction-force pump with air chamber, ills. and des.,[226]
Suction or lift pumps, classification of,[187]
pump, for vessels, ills.,[193]
pipe, how made and placed,[204]
pipe, proper, ills. and des.,[223]
valve area of the underwriter pump,[373]
of the Riedler express pump, peculiarities of,[240]
Sulphur, specific gravity of,[96]
Superheated steam, def.,[286]
Supplemental piston, def.,[31]
Supply channel, leading water from falls,[119]
Swape or sweep, historical ref. and ills.,[48]
Swing check valve, def.,[31]
Switch, automatic,[269]
Switch-cock or valve, def.,[31]
Switches and switch boards, des. and ills.,[254]-[255]
Switch valve, Deane, with duplex pump,[393]
Syphon, des.,[40]
ills.,[41]-[44]
cock, def.,[31]
Syringe, des.,[44]
Table for underwriter pump, pipe sizes,[380]
of capacity, etc., of boiler feed pumps,[226]
etc., of triplex power pumps,[231]
for single acting triplex plunger pump,[233]
of hydraulic ram,[174]
of Worthington house tank pump,[270]
sizes, etc., of two-cylinder force and suction pump,[196]
Table of Contents of Part One,[15]
diameters of waste pipe of the underwriter pump,[384]
temperatures of water,[75]
National standard of sizes for duplex steam fire pumps,[352]
pressure of water,[114]
pressure of water at different depths,[77]
size, capacities, etc., Worthington admiralty pattern boiler feed pump,[337]
sizes, etc., of belted pumps,[225]
sizes of vacuum and air chambers for the underwriter pump,[382]
Table of specific gravities,[96]
standard flanges for the underwriter pump,[381]
suction valve area of the underwriter pump,[373]
test of the internal friction of the underwriter pump,[392]
valve port area and valve outlet area for underwriter pumps,[375]
volume of one pound of water,[76]
weight of one cubic foot of water,[76]
inch of water,[76]
weight, volume and pressure of water,[75]-[77]
Table, showing relation of time, space and velocity,[87]
Tail race leading from water falls,[119]
water, des.,[131]
level of, ills.,[134], [136]
of turbine, des.,[135]
Tank, electric house pumping plant, ills. and des.,[269]
Tan-liquor, pump for handling, ills. and des.,[233]
Tar, pump for handling, ills. and des.,[233]
Test for acceptance of the underwriter pump,[391]-[393]
maximum delivery,[394]
Test of the quality of rubber,[372]
Thumb-nut, def.,[32]
Tide water wheel, des. and ills.,[123]
Tin, specific gravity of,[96]
Tobin-bronze, def.,[32]
“Toe” upon a disc of pump, des.,[190]
Tools, hydraulic machine,[183]
Torpedo, Robert’s, for clearing wells, note,[202]
Torricelli’s theorem, relating to flow of fluids flowing from an orifice, and note,[105]
Tourniquet, hydraulic, des. and ills.,[126]
Trade pumps, underwriters criticism of,[351]
“Trailing water,” def.,[32]
Transformer, des.,[256]
Transmission of power by water pressure engines,[145]
Triplex power gang pump, table of capacity, etc.,[231]
pump, how to set the 6 eccentric,[232]
“Trompe,” def.,[32]
Tube, or driven wells,[202]
Tube-plug, def.,[32]
wells, how driven, ills. and des.,[203]
Turbine, def.,[32]
Turbine-dynamometer, des. of,[128]
Fourneyron’s, des. and ills.,[128]
pump, def.,[32]
water-tight, des. and ills.,[139]
water-wheels, des. and ills.,[126]-[144]
outward, vertical and central discharge of,[127]
des. of parallel flow,[128]
the Hercules, des. and ills.,[132], [133]
horizontal, des.,[133]
Turbine wheels, Niagara Falls, des. and ills.,[140]-[144]
Turbine wheel, setting of, in penstock, des. and ills.,[134]
Turpentine oil, specific gravity of,[96]
Tweddel, design of the hydraulic accumulator,[172]
Two cylinder force pump,[192]
arranged with extension levers,[196]
Tympanum, The, des. and ills.,[55]
Undershot water wheel, des. and ills.,[122]
Underwriter fire pumps,[344]
list of attachments for,[345]
area for suction valve for the,[373]
test for acceptance of,[391]
Underwriter steam fire pump, des. and ills.,[343]-[398]
Union, def.,[33]
Unit of heat, English, ills. and des.,[384]
V packing, hydraulic, ills. and des.,[154]
Vacuum, def.,[33]
and air chambers practically the reverse of each other,[221]
for the underwriter pump,[381]
ills. and des.,[220]
Vacuum pumps, how classified,[188]
Valve, def.,[33]
air, def., and marking of, for the underwriter pump,[385]
areas, size necessary for,[374]
gate of the underwriter pump, how marked,[389]
motion of duplex pump,[333], [334]
of the Worthington duplex pump,[336]
of hand pump, lower or suction, ills.,[195]
Valve of Riedler belt-driven pump, ills. and des.,[238]-[240]
Valve port area and valve outlet area, table of, for underwriter pump,[374], [375]
relief of the underwriter pump,[384]
seats, bolts and springs should be of the best composition, metal, etc.,[218]
Valve setting of the Blakeslee steam pump,[301]
Buffalo single cylinder pump,[321]
Burnham steam pump,[326]
Cameron steam pump,[296]
Davidson steam pump,[287]-[289]
Dean Bros’ steam pump,[328]
Deane steam pump,[319]
Duplex steam pump,[338]
Foster steam pump,[292]-[294]
Guild and Garrison steam pump,[308]
Hill steam pump,[306]
Hooker steam pump with outside valve gear,[303]
Knowles steam pump,[311]
Dunn-Gordon steam pump,[290]
Laidlaw,[292]
Mason steam pump,[299]
McGowan steam pump,[310]
Moore steam pump,[315]
National steam pump,[304]
Smith-Vaile single steam pump,[330]
Snow steam pump,[316]
Weinman steam pump,[323]
Valve slam, def.,[374]
Valve springs, guards and covers for the underwriter pump,[376]
Valve stems of the underwriter pump,[379]
Valves, delivery, of the underwriter pump,[376]
hose, size for the underwriter pump,[383]
pump, des. and ills.,[309]
Valves, pump, size and number of, for the underwriter pump,[373]
reinforced pump, des. and ills.,[215]-[216]
small ones preferable,[213]
steam slide of the underwriter fire pump,[360]
Valves, sticking of, def.,[377]
the lift of valves,[214]
Vapors, des.,[73]
Vapor, when it becomes a gas,[73]
Velocity of falling bodies, valves to find,[89]
fluids flowing from an orifice,[105], [106]
streams, ills.,[110]
water in flumes and pipes,[138]
in tail-race, Rule,[138]
in water pressure engines,[145]
Ventres, def.,[106]
Vertical pumps, why so called,[187]
Vinegar, specific gravity of,[96]
Viscosity, def.,[33], [75]
of fluids, des.,[99], [102]
Vis viva, def.,[102]
Vitreous electricity,[245]
Vitruvius, quotation from,[57]
Volt, def.,[256]
Voltaic electricity,[246]
Voltmeters, def.,[256]
V thread, def.,[33]
Washer, def.,[33]
Waste channel of water-falls,[119]
Waste pipe, sizes for the underwriter pump,[384]
Water and steam, one an elastic and the other a non-elastic liquid,[149]
Water arch, def.,[33]
Water as an example of a fluid,[73]
Water-bellows, def.,[33]
Water, boiling point of,[76]
cap, def.,[33]
chemical composition of,[75]
clocks, des. and ills.,[39]
conditions of,[75]-[77]
considered from a chemical standpoint,[75]
data relating to,[75]
Water dust, French term for steam,[285]
end, def.,[33]
of the underwriter steam fire pump, ills. and des.,[367]-[380]
pumps, des. and ills.,[209]
Waterfalls, des. of supply and waste channels,[119]
division of parts deriving energy,[119]
Water, flow of, result of gravity,[89]
four notable temperatures of,[75]
Water-hammer, def.,[34]
or valve slam, def.,[374]
influence of gravity on weight of, note,[80]
Water-lifting inventions,[53]-[70]
of what composed,[285]
practically non-elastic, data,[75]-[77]
pressure engines, care of, to prevent freezing, etc.,[145], [146]
Water pressure machines,[117]-[154]
measurement of,[113]
due to its weight, data,[83]
pressure of, table,[114]
pressure on column of, data,[77]
how transmitted, data and ills.,[79]
proportioned to its depth, data,[83]
table,[77]
Water pressure or hydraulic motors, des.,[147]
Water pumps, why so called,[187]
racks for turbine wheels, how best made,[131]
Water ram, def.,[34]
rises to same level in opposite arms of tube, data,[83]
salt, boiling point of,[76]
sea, how many cubic feet to ton,[97]
tables of weight and volume, etc.,[76]
temperature of, for calculations,[75]
Water, theoretical and actual flow, note,[106]
three laws of frictional resistance of,[100]
Water-tight turbine, ills. and des.,[139]
under pressure, efflux of,[105]-[113]
velocity of, in flumes and pipes, rule,[138]
tail race, rule,[138]
weight and volume of, tables,[76], [77]
in round numbers,[76]
one cubic foot of,[76]
Water wheel,[132], [133]
Water wheels,[119]-[144]
des. and ills. of “chutes,” gate-seats, “gates” and “buckets” of turbine, des. and ills.,[139]
des. and ills. of flutter wheels, etc.,[121]-[125]
des. of “runners,” “guides” and water racks,[130]
des. of the “step” buckets, etc.,[130]
des. “tail water” and “draft tube”,[135]
setting of, in penstock,[134]
Leffel,[130]
when the water is measured,[130]
Water will rise as high as its source, data,[83]
Watt, Jas., account of his discovery of the properties of steam,[280], [281]
Watt, Jas., historical, ref.,[35]
Weinman steam pump, ills. and des.,[322]-[324]
Weirs, def.,[122]
Weir tables, allusion to in note,[122]
Wells, des. and ills.,[45]-[52]
driven or tube,[202]
historical note,[50]
Roman, historical ref.,[48]
tube, how driven, ills. and des.,[203]
with stairs, historical des.,[51]
Wet steam, def.,[286]
Wheel and axle, use of, in wells,[64]
Wheel, scoop, des. and ills.,[56]
Wheel, the Egyptian, des. and ills.,[57]
Wheel, the Noria, des. and ills.,[57]
the Persian, des. and ills.,[58]
Whirlpool-chamber, def.,[35]
Why an electric motor revolves,[258]
Willow, specific gravity of,[96]
Windlass, Chinese, historical ref. and ills.,[47], [62]
Wind pumps, why so called,[187]
Wing-nut, def.,[35]
pattern check valve, ills. and des.,[227]
Working barrel, def.,[34]
Work, useful, done in water pressure engines,[145]
Worthington, Henry Rossiter, historical notes,[68]-[70]
engraved portrait of,[vi]
death of,[70]
ills. of first patented steam pump,[278]
Worthington duplex pump,[336]
Y, def.,[35]
Yoke, def.,[35]
of the underwriter steam fire pump,[356]
Zinc, specific gravity of,[96]

Transcriber’s notes:

The spelling, punctuation and hyphenation are as the original except for apparent typographical errors, which have been corrected.

Some page numbers printed in the original ‘Index to Part One’ do not appear in the body of the book. The transcriber has endeavoured to make assumptions as to the most appropriate anchor locations. The appearance of the original index has not been changed.

Examples (possibly relocated, by the author, into Part Two) are:
Air, des., composition of, 15, 16
Air pump, 13
Nitrogen, what part of air, 15
Oxygen, what part of air, 15

Value of Reidler belt-driven pump, ills. and des., 238-240
changed in the Index to:-
Valve of Riedler belt-driven pump, ills. and des., 238-240

All references to ‘Reidler’ pumps have been corrected to ‘Riedler’ (Alois Riedler, 1850-1936, Austrian professor of engineering).