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Accidents, to avoid, |
374 |
Acid, muriatic fumes, action of, |
380 |
syphon pump, ills. and des., |
265 |
Adjusting, care must be exercised in, |
372 |
“Admiralty,” the rectangular surface condenser, des., |
303 |
Advantages of the Cataract mining pump, |
146 |
modern pulsometer, |
273 |
Aer, def., |
179 |
Aëriform fluids, def., |
15 |
Aermotor pumps, |
177-192 |
Aermotors, why so named, |
187 |
Ahrens steam fire engine, |
126 |
Air, des., |
15 |
and steam, relative space occupied by, |
378 |
and vacuum pumps, ills. and des., |
31 |
steam end of, |
35 |
table of test, |
41 |
as a mechanical agent, |
17 |
Air, moving power; note, |
23 |
“back pressure” of, des., |
36 |
Air-bound pumps, |
371 |
Air brakes, use of compressed air in, des., |
57 |
chamber, to prevent freezing, |
381 |
Air compressor, direct acting steam single, ills. and des., |
72 |
power wall or post, ills. and des., |
72 |
the “Imperial,“ ills. and des., |
67-70 |
Air compressors, des., |
57-78 |
methods of driving, |
59 |
theoretical operations of, |
63 |
Air cooler of condenser, ills., |
312 |
Air, fluid of, def., |
17 |
gravity and elasticity of, |
16 |
leaks in suction must be prevented, |
374 |
Air lift pump, ills. and des., |
79-90 |
care and management, |
87-88 |
lift system, advantages of, |
79 |
theory of, |
80 |
liquid, des., |
64 |
pipe of a compressor, |
84 |
pressure pumps, direct, ills. and des., |
90 |
Air pump attached to a condenser becomes a vacuum pump, |
373 |
Dean Brothers’ twin cylinder, ills. and des., |
46-50 |
Edwards, ills. and des., |
53-55 |
principles of duty, |
373 |
simplest form of, ills., |
15 |
used in connection with a jet condenser, ills., |
34 |
hand, des. and ills., |
29, 30 |
the inertia of, |
17 |
Altitude, effect of, on atmospheric pressure, |
73, 74 |
American pump as attached to steam fire engine, ills., |
93 |
driving mechanism of, ills. and des., |
93, 98 |
American steam fire engine pump, ills., |
132, 133 |
des., |
138, 139 |
Ammonia or acid pumps, ills. and des., |
171 |
muriate of, action, |
379 |
Amoskeag fire engine, ills., |
107, 128 |
des., |
141, 142 |
Anderson steam trap, des. and ills., |
332, 333 |
Anti-freezing device, ills., |
382 |
Application of packing, how done, |
372 |
Appurtenances belonging to steam fire engines, list of, |
111 |
Aqua-thruster, |
267-269 |
Atmosphere, pressure of, def., |
16, 36 |
surface condenser exerts, |
314 |
weight of, on the surface of the earth, |
19 |
Atmospheric air, a type of other gases, |
25 |
Atmospheric pressure, effect of altitude upon, |
73, 74 |
pumps, des. and ills., |
169-171 |
Attachment, def. of, |
317 |
Attraction of cohesion, def., |
16 |
Automatic action of the pump controlled by a float, ills. and des., |
318, 319 |
duplex steam pump and receiver, Deane, ills. and des., |
318, 319 |
throttle valve for boiler feed pump, ills. and des., |
352, 353 |
“Back pressure” of atmosphere, des., |
36 |
Baffle plate, used in condenser, ills. and des., |
305 |
Ballast pump, the, ills. and des., |
159-161 |
Ballast tank, ship’s, def., |
322 |
Ball cock, ills. and des., |
320 |
Ball float, ills. and des., |
318-319 |
how attached in air and vacuum pump, |
36 |
Ballot, Buys, law relating to barometers, |
181 |
Bark, care to keep out of pipes and valves, |
379 |
mixture, des., |
379 |
white oak, prevents boiler incrustation, |
379 |
Barometer, ills. and des., |
20 |
water, how made, |
31 |
Barrel, capacity of in gallons, |
323 |
Bell and spigot connection, ills. and des., |
367 |
Belted duplex air compressor (built by the Allis-Chalmers Co.), |
62-71 |
Bilge pump, special fittings for, |
161 |
“Blake” compressor, |
73 |
Bliss-Heath atmospheric pumping engine, ills. and des., |
169-171 |
Blowing engine, ills. and des., |
66, 67 |
Blow-off cock, des., |
347 |
valve, Bordo, ills. and des., |
354, 355 |
Boggs & Clark hydraulic dredging pump, ills. and des., |
217, 218 |
Boiler cleaners, mechanical, |
380 |
compound, cost of, |
378 |
action of, |
379 |
Boiler compound, directions for use, |
378 |
for locomotives, |
378 |
formula for, |
380 |
feed pump, centrifugal form adopted for, |
222 |
Boiler of steam fire engine, des., |
99 |
Boiler of the Ahrens steam fire engine, |
126 |
the Clapp & Jones steam fire engine, |
118 |
the Silsby steam fire engine, |
115 |
Boiler scale, table of analysis, |
328 |
Boilers, ball cock attached to, |
320 |
corrosion of, how caused, |
380 |
Bolt circles of standard pipe flanges; Table, |
399 |
Bolts, diameters of; lengths of, |
399 |
Bordo blow-off valve, ills. and des., |
354, 355 |
Bottoming-tap, ills. and des., |
339 |
Box wrench, des., |
345 |
Brewers’ grains, how pumped; note, |
202 |
Buffalo, the centrifugal pump, ills. and des., |
223 |
Bulkley “Injector” condenser, ills. and des., |
308, 309 |
Buys Ballot’s law relating to barometers, |
181 |
Byron Jackson Machine Co.’s turbine pumps, ills. and des., |
236-242 |
Cameron, the, vertical plunger sinking pump, ills., |
150-151 |
des., |
152 |
Capacity of cisterns and tanks, how estimated, |
364 |
Carbonate of lime in boiler scale, |
328 |
magnesia in boiler scale, |
328 |
Carbonates deposited in order, des., |
380 |
Care and management of air pumps, |
87-88 |
the Clapp & Jones steam fire engine, |
123 |
Carr steam pump governors, ills. and des., |
288-291 |
Cataract steam pump, ills., |
144 |
des., |
146 |
Centrifugal pump, diagram of right and left-hand methods of discharge, |
225 |
early form of, ills., |
212 |
des., |
214 |
four stage, ills. and des., |
224 |
important note relating to speed of; quotation from “Industries”, |
223-229 |
Morris Machine Company’s, steam-driven, ills. and des., |
220-221 |
multi-stage, ill. and des., |
223-224 |
the Buffalo, ills. and des., |
223 |
the converse of the turbine water-wheel, |
213 |
vertical, submerged type of, ills. and des., |
222-223 |
directions for erecting and running, |
226-228 |
fans used in, ills., |
213 |
des., |
215 |
history of, |
211 |
Centrifugal pumps, how to determine right or left-hand pumps, |
226 |
ills. and des., |
211-230 |
rotary and, |
193-229 |
the Worthington, divided into Conoidal, volute and Turbine, des., |
229 |
two general types of, ills. and des., |
215-216 |
Centrifugal wheel, ten thousand horse power, ills. and des., |
213 |
also 133, Part One. |
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Chain tongs, |
343 |
Chlorides deposited in order, des., |
380 |
Churning in pumps, causes of, |
375 |
Churn valve for feeding the steam fire engine, des., |
111 |
purposes of, |
137 |
Circulating pump, des., |
32 |
Circulating pumps, ills., |
219 |
des., |
168 |
Cistern, def. of, |
321 |
Cisterns and tanks, table of capacity for, |
324 |
ball cock attached to, |
320 |
Cisterns, computation for finding weight of, |
324 |
contents of round; Table, |
398 |
diameters of, in decimals of a foot; Table, |
398 |
rule for finding contents of round; Table, |
398 |
Clapp & Jones steam fire engine, |
118 |
Village Engine, |
121 |
Classification of steam fire engines, |
93 |
Cleaner, mechanical boiler, |
380 |
Cleaning carpets and railroad cars and seats, use of vacuum or atmospheric pressure in, des., |
59 |
Cleanliness essential, |
371 |
Clogging of suction, effect of, |
374 |
Closed pressure tanks, ills. and des., |
321-323 |
Coal, decreasing supply of, |
84 |
Cock, des., classes of, |
347 |
ball, ills. and des., |
320 |
blow-off, des., |
347 |
cylinder, des., |
247 |
feed, des., |
347 |
four-way, des., |
347 |
gage, des., |
347 |
oil, des., |
347 |
Cock, self-closing, des., |
347 |
steam, des., |
347 |
stop, des., |
347 |
three-way, des., |
347 |
Cock, try, des., |
347 |
water, des., |
347 |
Column of water, pressure of; Table, |
396 |
Columns, mine pump, ills. and des., |
363 |
Compound, boiler, record of results, |
378 |
Compound or two-stage compression, |
74-75 |
Compounds for making pipe joints, |
367 |
Compressed air, des., |
57 |
Compressibility of gases, |
26 |
Compression, compound, or two-stage, |
74-75 |
Compressor, belted duplex air (built by the Allis-Chalmers Co.), |
62-71 |
“Imperial” air, des. and ills., |
67-70 |
Norwalk compound, des. and ills., |
77-78 |
Norwalk standard, ills. and des., |
56-58 |
power wall or post air, ills. and des., |
72 |
vertical duplex, |
64-71 |
Compressors, air, des., |
57-58 |
Computation for finding weight of water in cisterns and tanks, |
324 |
obtaining the contents of a barrel in gallons, |
324 |
Miner’s Inch, with ills., |
388 |
open stream measurement, |
390 |
weir dam, water, measurement, |
390 |
relating to water pumped by windmill, |
191 |
“Condensation,” def., |
18 |
Condenser, def., |
32 |
des., |
299 |
advantages of, |
300, 378 |
combined, and feed-water heater, ills. and des., |
306 |
cone, ills., |
312 |
Conover, ills. and des., |
50-53 |
economy of, |
37 |
elbow, exhaust and injection, des. and ills., |
306 |
exhaust pipe into suction, ills. and des., |
381 |
exhaust steam induction, des. and ills., |
308 |
Condenser, jet, ills. and des., |
312 |
jet type of, |
33 |
keel, what it consists of, |
311 |
plant, marine, ills. and des., |
310-311 |
pump, ills. and des., |
306-307 |
Condensers, classification of, |
303 |
Condenser, surface, ills. and des., |
313 |
tube, ills. and des., |
305 |
Condensing apparatus, des. and ills., |
297-314 |
engines, early, des., |
378 |
Condensing surface required, amount of, |
312-314 |
Cone, condenser, ills. and des., |
306 |
Conoidal centrifugal pump, the Worthington, why so named, des., |
229 |
Conover condenser, ills. and des., |
50-53 |
Construction of the Silsby steam cylinder pump and boiler, |
115 |
Contamination of water to be prevented, |
375 |
Contents, Table of, |
XI. |
Controller, Mullin’s automatic, ills. and des., |
352-353 |
Cooling towers, des., |
33 |
Corcoran double action suction force pump, des. and ills., |
185-186 |
tank valves, |
323 |
Corcoran windmill, ills. and des., |
184-186 |
Corrosion, def., |
328 |
how prevented, |
380 |
of boilers, how caused, |
380 |
Cotton presses, pump for, ills. and des., |
154-155 |
Coupling pipe, ills., |
368 |
“Crane-necked” steam fire engine, |
141 |
Cranes and hoists, use of compressed air in, des., |
57 |
Crow, ills. and des., |
340 |
Cubic foot, capacity of in gallons., |
323 |
Cutter, pipe, ills. and des., |
338 |
Cylinder-cock, des., |
347 |
Cylinders, contents of, in cubic feet for each foot depth; Table, |
398 |
relieved before removing head, |
383 |
Dam, Weir, measurement of water, |
390 |
Dart union, ills. and des., |
367 |
Davidson marine pump, ills. and des., | 156-157 |
Dean Brothers’ twin cylinder air pump, ills. and des., | 46-50 |
Dean automatic duplex steam pump and receiver, ills. and des., | 318-319 |
single sugar-house pump, ills. and des., | 164-165 |
single vertical sinking pump, ills., | 148 |
des., | 149 |
vacuum pump, ills. and des., | 42-43 |
Deep-well pump, working barrel of, |
192 |
Deflector, water circulating, |
120 |
Derangement of duplex pump, broken valve may cause it, |
376 |
Diagram of discharge openings of centrifugal right and left-hand pumps, |
225 |
Dial, to read the, of a water meter, ills., | 332 |
Diameters of cisterns in decimals of a foot; Table, | 398 |
Diaphragm lift and force pump, ills., | 145 |
des., | 148 |
outfit for, | 149 |
Diffusion of gases, | 27 |
vanes of Worthington centrifugal pump, des., | 233 |
Direct acting steam single air compressor, ills. and des., | 72 |
Disadvantages in the use of compressed air for operating mining pumps, | 71 |
Discharge per minute under given heads; Table, | 392-393 |
Discovery of the advantages arising from the condensation of steam, | 300 |
Distributing reservoir, def., | 322 |
“Doctor” independent pump, ills. and des., | 161-162 |
“Donkey” pump, des., | 161 |
Double extra first steam fire engine, capacity and weight of, | 93 |
tube injector, universal, ills., | 262 |
des., | 264 |
Drain for steam pipes, | 374 |
Drain, necessity for, | 374 |
Draining pump cylinders and pipes, | 377 |
plugs, | 377 |
Dredge, elevator, des., | 222 |
20-inch hydraulic, ills. and des., |
221 |
Dredges, self-propelling and sea-going, des.; note, | 210 |
Dredging pump, hydraulic, Boggs & Clark, ills. and des., | 217-218 |
Root’s large rotary, ills. and des., | 208-210 |
Drill and pipe tap combined, | 339 |
Drip cocks, proper location of, | 376 |
Dry cocks, centrifugal pump, particularly adapted for use in building sewers, in sand dredging, | 214 |
Duplex pump, delays, avoid by frequent inspections, | 376 |
derangements of one side, | 375 |
jerky motion in, cause of, | 376 |
repairs should be prompt and timely, | 376 |
screens, important that they be kept clean, | 376 |
separating chamber requires frequent examination, | 376 |
suction valves require much attention, | 376 |
worn parts should be replaced, | 376 |
Duplex steam pump and receiver, Deane automatic, ills. and des., | 318-319 |
Edison Manufacturing Co. hand mining pump, des., | 148 |
Edwards air and vacuum pump, ills. and des., | 53-55 |
Ejector, ills. with a foot strainer, | 260 |
double tube, ills. and des., | 261 |
or exhauster used for priming centrifugal pumps, des., | 216 |
ills., | 218 |
pump, ills. and des., | 259-260 |
water pressure, ills. and des., | 266 |
and injectors, | 243-266 |
application of, ills., | 256 |
des., | 260 |
Elastic fluids, two classes of, | 16 |
Elasticity, def., | 26 |
a property of air, | 16, 17 |
of all aëriform fluids, def., | 17 |
Elbow, condenser, exhaust and injection, des. and ills., | 306 |
pipe, ills., | 368 |
Elbows, des., | 364 |
Electric mining pump, ills., part one, | 276 |
des., part two, | 147 |
Elevator, Mason, pump pressure regulator, ills. and des., | 286-287 |
Endicott’s platform springs, des., | 141 |
Energy of the steam injector, whence derived, note, | 247 |
wind as a source of power, | 181 |
Engines, early condensing, des., | 378 |
Engine, steam fire, ills. and des., | 91-142 |
Entering or taper tap, ills. and des., | 339 |
Evaporation, def. and laws of, | 28 |
Eve, J., inventor of Eve’s rotary pump, historical note, | 196 |
Eve’s rotary pump, des. and ills., | 196-197 |
Exhaust steam induction condenser, des. and ills., | 308 |
injector, ills. and des., | 249, 255-256 |
injector, high pressure, ills. and des., | 257 |
Exhaust steam, utilizing of; note, | 35 |
Expansibility of gases, def. and ills., | 25 |
Expansion and compression of a body, def., | 18 |
Explanations of principles involved in feeding tank, | 373 |
exposed pipes, precautions against freezing, | 377 |
Extra first steam fire engine, capacity and weight of, | 93 |
Failure of pump, how to find cause, | 374 |
Fans, ills., | 213 |
des., | 215 |
Feed-cock, des., | 347 |
Feeding into bottom of tank requires less power than top, | 373 |
Feed-water heater and combined condenser, ills. and des., | 306 |
Volz, ills. and des., | 304-306 |
impurities, des., note relating to, | 327 |
Fifth steam fire engine, capacity and weight of, | 93 |
Fire engine, Silsby steam, des. and ills., | 113 |
steam, ills. and des., | 91-142 |
Fire hose flow of water, how retarded in, des., | 135 |
pumps, Holyoke pattern of rotary, | 203 |
First steam fire engine, capacity and weight of, | 93 |
Flange joint, ills., and des., | 363 |
Flanges, diameters of standard; Table, | 399 |
standard, bolt circles of; Table, | 399 |
table of standard sizes, | 399 |
thickness of standard, | 399 |
union, des. and ills., | 363 |
Float, automatic action of the pump controlled by a, ills. and des., | 318-319 |
Flow of water over Weir dam; Table, | 391 |
Fluid, particles of, | 14 |
Flume, mechanism to shut off the water supply of, ills., | 295 |
Foot-board of the steam fire engine, des., | 111 |
Foot valve applied to centrifugal pump, | 216 |
Forcer of steam injector, | 247 |
Foundations of tanks, | 323 |
suitable, precautions for, | 371 |
Fountain, Hero’s, ills. and des., | 23 |
in vacuo, ills. and des., | 23 |
Four stage centrifugal pump, ills. and des., | 224 |
Fourth steam fire engine, capacity and weight of, | 93 |
Four-way cock, des., | 347 |
Fox boiler, des. and ills., | 101-103 |
Freeman, John R., credit given for table, | 117 |
Freezing, anti-, device, | 381 |
of pipe, how prevented, ills. and des., | 381 |
Friction, different kinds of pipe, | 377 |
Friction heads; Table, | 394-395 |
in small pipes; Table, | 397 |
Friction, influence of, on different kinds of pipe, | 377 |
loss in pounds pressure; Table, | 392-393 |
must be kept down, | 372 |
Frizell system of air lift pumps, | 88 |
Gage-cock, des., | 347 |
Gallon, capacity of, | 323 |
imperial, capacity of, | 323 |
Gallons for each foot of length in pipes, | 398 |
Gases and liquids, properties in common, des., | 24 |
compressibility of, | 26 |
diffusion of, | 27 |
expansibility of, def. and ills., | 25 |
permanent, def., | 16 |
pressure exerted by, | 26 |
weight of, def., | 26 |
Gas-fitter’s air proving pump, def. and ills., | 29 |
Gates, head, mechanism to raise and lower, ills., | 295 |
Gauge, hydraulic, test pump, ills. and des., | 164 |
indicating pressure and vacuum, des., | 259 |
vacuum, why graduated in inches; note, | 21 |
Giffard, Inventor of the injector; historical note, | 245 |
Gould’s rotary pump, ills., | 194 |
des., | 199 |
Governor and pump, des. and ills., | 317-319 |
Governors, Carr steam pump, ills. and des., | 288-291 |
Governor, Mason pump, ills. and des., | 284-286 |
utility combination pump, des. and ills., | 296 |
Governors, pump speed, ills. and des., | 281-294 |
Graduated tank, des., | 322 |
Grains, wet, brewers’, how pumped; note, | 202 |
Graphite as a lubricant, des., | 384 |
Graphite, invaluable about studs, nuts, etc., | 384 |
mix with oil for hand pump, | 375 |
use of, on pipe threads, | 384 |
Gravitation, effect on current of air, | 180 |
Gravity, a property of air, | 16 |
Grit, avoid in packing, | 377 |
Guericke, Otto von, inventor, | 19 |
Guide vanes of Worthington centrifugal pump, des., | 231 |
des., | 212 |
Hammer, how best used, des., | 345 |
Hand air pumps, des. and ills., | 29-30 |
Harris system of raising water by direct pressure, | 90 |
Hayden & Derby Mfg. Co., | 252 |
Head gates, mechanism to raise and lower, ills., | 295 |
Heads, friction at given rates; Table, | 394-395 |
Heat, action of, on particles of bodies, | 16 |
Heater, noiseless water, ills. and des., | 265-266 |
stationary, for the steam fire engine, | 105 |
Heron or Hero, account of, | 99 |
of Alexandria; historical note relating to steam fire engine, | 95 |
“Hero’s fountain,” invented by Hero of Alexandria, | 99 |
ills. and des., | 23 |
“Hessian Suck,” a form of centrifugal pump, des., | 211 |
Hinged valve, | 347 |
Historical notes and ills. relating to steam fire engine, | 92-99 |
History of the centrifugal pump, | 211 |
Hogshead, capacity of, | 323 |
Holyoke improved speed governor for water wheels, ills. and des., | 291-294 |
pattern rotary pump, | 203 |
Horizontal two-stage pump, ills., | 236 |
des., | 241 |
Hydraulic dredge, 20-inch, ills. and des., | 221 |
dredging pump, Boggs & Clarke, ills. and des., | 217-218 |
gauge test pump, ills. and des., | 163 |
joints for high pressure, ills. and des., | 361 |
Hydraulic lifts and cranes, pump for, des. and ills., | 154-155 |
packing, difficulty in cutting, | 373 |
pipes, best way to join; Note, | 367 |
riveting and punching, pump for, ills. and des., | 154-155 |
Hydro-pneumatics, | 15 |
Ice, expansion of, | 381 |
Ideal steel tank tower, ills. and des., | 187 |
“Impellers,” des., | 212 |
Impellers of Worthington centrifugal pump, des., | 233 |
Impellers or pistons of rotary pumps, ills. and des., | 196 |
“Imperial” air compressor, ills. and des., | 67-70 |
Imperial gallon, capacity of, | 323 |
Incrustation, des., | 328 |
Incrustations of injector pipes, how removed, | 254 |
Injection, def., | 32 |
water of air and vacuum pumps, des., | 35 |
Injector, action of, | 247, 249 |
a gauge indicating both pressure and vacuum for the, | 259 |
“Injector” condenser, Bulkley, ills. and des., | 308-309 |
Injector, double tube universal, ills., | 262 |
des., | 264 |
exhaust steam, ills. and des., | 255-256 |
high pressure exhaust steam, ills. and des., | 257 |
how to start the exhaust steam, | 259 |
Korting, des., | 264 |
“Manhattan” automatic, ills., | 244 |
des., | 251 |
Metropolitan double tube, ills., | 248 |
des., | 252 |
Metropolitan single tube, ills., | 250 |
des., | 252 |
Monitor, ills., | 246 |
des., | 252 |
not an economical device, | 249 |
peerless automatic, ills., | 246 |
des., | 251 |
peerless, names of parts, | 251 |
ills., | 234 |
peerless, table of pressure and temperature of the, | 251 |
the exhaust steam, | 249 |
Injectors and ejectors, | 243-266 |
piping of “Manhattan” and peerless, ills. and des., | 253 |
rules to govern the actions, etc., of, | 253-254 |
table of capacity of, | 252 |
three distinct types of, | 247 |
Inspection for causes of failure in starting a pump, | 371 |
Inspections, internal and external necessary, | 374 |
Inspirator, des., | 249 |
Instructions and suggestions for the steam fire engine, | 129, 131, 135-137 |
Interchangeable socket wrench, ills. and des., | 344 |
Inter-cooler, the, ills. and des., | 74-78 |
Intermediate tap, ills. and des., | 339 |
Interruption of flow by foreign body in suction, | 375 |
Inverted-cup valve, | 347 |
Irregularity in duplex pump, cause of, | 375 |
Irregular speed indicates trouble, | 376 |
Duty, unsteady discharge requires attention, | 376 |
“Isochronal” pump, def., | 147 |
Jet condenser, ills. and des., | 32, 303, 312 |
discovery of, | 301 |
Jet pump, the, ills. and des., | 261 |
type of condenser, | 33 |
Joint, pipe, compounds for making, recipes, | 362 |
piping, des. and ills., | 359-362 |
Keel condenser, what it consists of, | 311 |
Kerosene, effect on pipe joints, | 362 |
Key valve, | 47 |
“Kicking down” a well in the early days, ills., |
VIII. |
Knight, E. H., classification of cocks and valves, |
347 |
Korting injector, pieces composing the, shown in cuts page, | 263 |
names of the parts, | 264 |
La France steam fire engine pump, ills., | 134 |
des., | 139-141 |
Leakage, indications of, | 376 |
slight, unimportant, | 373 |
Leaks, often the cause of failure in starting a pump, | 371 |
Left and right-hand pumps, customary rule for, | 371 |
Life of boiler of steam fire engine, how prolonged, | 105 |
Lifter of steam injector, | 247 |
Lifting valve, | 347 |
Lime, carbonate of, in boiler scale, | 328 |
Liquid air, des., | 64 |
Liquids under heavy pressure, pump for delivering, ills. and des., | 154-155 |
Lobes of rotary pump, ills. and des., | 209-210 |
Location for pumps, proper, | 371 |
Lombard, Nathaniel, pump governor; note, | 294 |
Lubrication, intermittent, to be avoided, | 375 |
Lubrication, proper, for packing, | 373 |
Magdeburg cups or hemispheres, ills. and des., | 19 |
Magma sugar pump, ills. and des., | 166-167 |
Magnesia, carbonate of in boiler scale, | 328 |
salt, etc., in water, | 380 |
must be removed, | 380 |
Main feed pump, uses for the, | 161 |
“Manhattan” automatic injector, ills., | 244 |
des., | 251 |
Marine pump, Davidson pattern, ills. and des., | 156-157 |
Marine pumps, | 155-162 |
Ship’s pump, | 155 |
“Mariotte’s law”, | 17 |
Marks of parts necessary, | 374 |
Maslin automatic steam vacuum pump, ills., | 271 |
des., | 279 |
Mason elevator pump pressure regulator, ills. and des., | 286-287 |
pump governor, ills. and des., | 284-286 |
pump pressure regulator, ills. and des., | 349-350 |
steam pump with receiver attached, ills. and des., | 319 |
water reducing valve, ills. and des., | 351 |
“Massachusetts pump,” des., | 211 |
Matter, properties of, | 24 |
Measurements of pipe lines, how to be taken, ills., | 368 |
Mechanical boiler cleaners, | 380 |
Mercury, inches of, def., | 31 |
Metallic packings, popular and good, | 377 |
Meter, water, ills. and des., | 329-332 |
Worthington water, ills. and des., | 330-332 |
Meteorology, def., | 179 |
Metropolitan double tube injector, ills., | 248 |
des., | 252 |
single tube injector, ills., | 250 |
des., | 252 |
Mine drainage, adaptation of the turbine pump for, | 233 |
pump columns, ills. and des., | 363 |
Miner’s inch water measurement, ills., | 388 |
Mining, Cataract steam pump, ills., | 144 |
des., | 146 |
Mining pump, double leather, ills., | 145 |
des., | 147 |
electric, ills., Part One, | 276 |
des., Part Two, | 147 |
hand-power, ills., | 145 |
des., | 148 |
the Cameron vertical plunger sinking, ills., | 150-151 |
des., | 152 |
the “Scranton,” ills. and des., | 153-154 |
Mining pumps, des. and ills., | 145-155 |
pumps, an advantage of; note, | 152 |
note relating to the cost of repairing a half-inch globe valve, | 145 |
use of compressed air in, | 71 |
Miscellaneous pumps, | 143-176 |
Molecules, repulsive force of, | 27 |
Monitor injector, ills., | 246 |
des., | 252 |
Monkey-wrenches, “knife-handle,” ills. and des., | 344 |
Morris Machine Company’s centrifugal pump, steam-driven, ills. and des., | 220-221 |
Mud, 20-inch hydraulic dredge for pumping mud, silt, etc., | 221 |
Mullin’s Automatic controller, ills. and des., | 352-353 |
Multi-stage centrifugal pump, ills. and des., | 223-224 |
turbine pump, priming of, ills. and des., | 228-229 |
Neck-cap of the modern pulsometer, ills. and des., | 274 |
Neck-piece of the modern pulsometer, ills. and des., | 274 |
Newcomen, discovery relating to condensation of steam, | 301 |
Nipple-Holder, pipe, ills. and des., | 341 |
Norwalk compound compressor, des. and ills., | 77-78 |
standard compressor, ills. and des., | 56-58 |
note, | 78 |
Nozzles of steam fire engine, | 125 |
three types of, in steam injector, | 247 |
Nuts and screws must be kept tight, | 374 |
Oak-bark, directions for use, | 379 |
white, used in boilers, | 379 |
Oil-cock, des., | 367 |
Oil, how used in the Cataract steam pump cylinder, | 146 |
Oil-pipe lines, pump for, | 155 |
tank steamer pump, ills. and des., | 159-161 |
Packing, care of, | 372 |
economy of, narrow rings, | 372 |
for pump plungers, | 373 |
for pumps, suitable, | 372 |
how to fit, | 372 |
must be elastic, never rigid, | 372 |
for stuffing boxes, badly proportioned, glands too short, | 372 |
to cut square thinner, des. and ills., | 383 |
Paper mills, particularly adapted for use of centrifugal pumps, | 214 |
Papin, Denis, inventor, account of, | 211 |
historical note, | 64 |
Parallel vise, | 341 |
Parker, Richard Green, quotation, | 14 |
Peerless automatic injector, ills., | 246 |
des., | 251 |
Pelton water wheel, | 60 |
Pilot or auxiliary valve, des., | 348 |
Pipe, condenser spray, des., | 306 |
connections, proper arrangements of, | 363 |
cutter, ills. and des., | 338 |
fitting, des., | 359 |
freezing of, how prevented, ills. and des., | 381 |
gas and steam, how measured, | 367 |
joint, des. and ills., | 359-363 |
telescopic, ills. and des., | 152 |
Pipe lines, how measurements are to be taken, ills., | 368 |
lines, steam, | 364 |
Pipe, making up a piece of, | 363 |
nipple holder, des., | 341 |
originally a musical wind instrument, | 359 |
saddles for quick connections into pipes, ills., | 382 |
spanner, ills. and des., | 344 |
stock and die, des., | 341 |
Pipe, suction, should be drained, | 377 |
tail, of condenser, ills., | 312 |
thickness of standard, | 399 |
Pipe tongs, ills. and des., | 343 |
vise, ills. and des., | 340 |
Pipe, wooden, note relating to, | 364 |
wrench, Trimo, ills. and des., | 343 |
advantages and disadvantages of, | 377 |
Pipes and fittings, note relating to, | 359 |
exposed, precautions against freezing, | 377 |
flow of water in cast iron; table, | 394-395 |
joints and fittings, | 359-368 |
relative advantages of, | 377 |
Pipes, small, rates of discharge; table, | 397 |
steam, to properly drain, | 374 |
strainers for suction, ills. and des., | 325-328 |
Piping of Manhattan and peerless injectors, ills. and des., | 253 |
of high pressure exhaust steam injector, ills. and des., | 258 |
standard, “extra strong,” double extra strong, ills. and des., | 367 |
to remove incrustations from injector, | 254 |
Piston, Follower type, how packed, | 383 |
Plug pipe, ills., | 368 |
taps, ills. and des., | 339 |
Plugs, drain, | 377 |
Plunger, deep well pump, ills. and des., | 192 |
packing, dry, remedy for, | 377 |
packing, how to apply, | 373 |
water, how packed, des. and ills., | 383 |
Pneumatics, | 15-30 |
Pneumatic syringe, ills. and des., | 26 |
Pohle, Dr. Julius J., historical note, | 79 |
system of elevating liquids, ills. and des., | 81-84 |
“Points” relating to the care and management of air compressors, | 61 |
Portable drilling machines, use of compressed air in, des., | 57 |
form of pulsometer and boiler, ills. and des., | 280 |
tool, def., | 337 |
Ports, reducing capacity of, by substances, | 375 |
Power of a windmill, what it depends upon, | 190 |
wall or post air compressor, ills. and des., | 72 |
Practical Engineer, ills. of air lift pump from, |
89 |
Preface, |
IX |
Pressure, atmosphere, surface condenser exerts, | 314 |
exerted by gases, | 26 |
in pounds for every foot up to 300 ft. height, etc.; Table, | 396 |
of air and gases, def., | 17 |
of column of water; Table, | 396 |
of the atmosphere, def., | 16 |
Pressure per square inch in pounds; Table, | 396 |
reducing valve, ills. and des., | 349-350 |
Prime movers, def., | 181 |
Priming methods adopted to suit centrifugal pumps of various designs, ills. and des., | 228-229 |
Priming, to start, | 377 |
Propeller pump, the wood, ills. and des., | 172-174 |
Pulsator, | 269 |
Pulsometer, des. and ills., | 267-280 |
Pulsometer, action of, | 276-277 |
a form of vacuum pump, | 269 |
and boiler in portable form, ills. and des., | 280 |
arrangements of, for emptying vats or tanks, ills. and des., | 278 |
historical, | 269 |
important points to be attended to; note, | 279 |
Pulsometer, suggestions relative to placing of the pump; note, | 273 |
the modern, ills. and des., | 270-273 |
the original, ills. and des., | 268-271 |
the principal parts of, des. and ills., | 277 |
Pump, air, Dean Brothers’ twin cylinder, ills. and des., | 46-50 |
air lift, ills. and des., | 79-90 |
Pump, American, driving mechanism of, ills. and des., | 93, 98 |
and governor, des. and ills., | 317-319 |
Buffalo centrifugal, ills. and des., | 223 |
centrifugal, diagram of right and left-hand methods of discharge, | 225 |
centrifugal, four-stage, ills. and des., | 224 |
multi-stage, ills. and des., | 223-224 |
vertical, submerged type of, ills. and des., | 222-223 |
Pump, circulating, des., | 32 |
columns, mine, ills. and des., | 363 |
Conover vacuum, ills. and des., | 50-53 |
Corcoran double action suction force pump, ills. and des., | 185-186 |
Davidson, marine, ills. and des., | 156-157 |
Dean single vertical sinking, ills., | 148 |
Dean vacuum, ills. and des., | 42-43 |
deep well, working barrel of, | 192 |
Pump, difference between a hand pump and a windmill pump, | 187 |
Pump, Edwards’ air, ills. and des., | 53-55 |
ejector, as a form of, | 259 |
Eve’s rotary, des. and ills., | 196-197 |
Pump, failure in starting, cause, | 371 |
for salt water evaporator and distiller, ills. and des., | 168 |
Pump, gas-fitter’s air proving, def. and ills., | 29 |
Gould’s rotary, ills., | 194 |
des., | 199 |
Pump governor, Mason, ills. and des., | 284-286 |
Nathaniel Lombard, note, | 294 |
utility, combination, des. and ills., | 296 |
Pump governors, Carr steam, ills. and des., | 288-291 |
hand oil, desirable, | 375 |
“Hessian Suck,” des., | 211 |
hydraulic gauge test, ills. and des., | 163 |
Pumping water, use of compressed air in, des., | 59 |
“Isochronal,” def., | 147 |
Maslin automatic steam vacuum, ills., | 271 |
des., | 279 |
“Massachusetts,” des., | 211 |
mining, hand-power, ills., | 145 |
des., | 148 |
Pump of the Silsby steam fire engine, | 113 |
portable fire air, | 29 |
Quimby screw, ills. and des., | 174-176 |
Root’s rotary, ills. and des., | 209 |
Pump speed governors, ills. and des., | 281-394 |
steam fire engine, ills. and des., | 91-142 |
American, ills., | 132, 133 |
des., | 138-139 |
La France, ills., | 134 |
des., | 139-141 |
syphon, ills. and des., | 188, 265 |
as attached to steam fire engine, ills., | 93 |
the “Ballast,” ills. and des., | 159-161 |
the Cameron vertical plunger sinking, ills., | 150-151 |
des., | 152 |
the Deane sugar-house, ills. and des., | 164-165 |
the “Doctor” independent pump, ills. and des., | 161-162 |
the injector can be used as a, | 249 |
the jet, ill. and des., | 261 |
the Magna sugar, ills. and des., | 166-167 |
the “Scranton” mining, ills. and des., | 153-154 |
the ship’s, | 155 |
Taber rotary, | 200-202 |
Pumps, air and vacuum, ills. and des., | 31 |
air pressure, ills. and des., | 90 |
ammonia or acid, ills. and des., | 171 |
auxiliary feed, often duplicated, | 161 |
Byron Jackson Machine Company’s turbine, | 236-242 |
Pumps, centrifugal, ills. and des., | 211-230 |
circulating, ills., | 219 |
des., | 168 |
directions for erecting and running, | 226-228 |
fire, Holyoke pattern of rotary, | 203 |
Pumps, marine, | 155-162 |
methods of priming centrifugal pumps, | 228-229 |
Pumps, mining, | 145-155 |
an advantage of, note, | 152 |
Pumps, miscellaneous, | 143-176 |
of steam fire engine, des. and ills., | 100, 106, 107 |
operation of large dredging, | 210 |
rotary and centrifugal, | 193-229 |
Pumps, rotary, ills. and des., | 194-210 |
impellers or pistons of, ills. and des., | 196 |
used for pumping thick stuff, | 165 |
Pumps, sinking, des. and ills., | 148 |
“sugar-house”, | 165-167 |
Taber rotary, | 200-202 |
turbine, | 230-242 |
vacuum, single and cross compound double acting, | 37-39 |
vacuum, table of arrangement of valves, | 41 |
wind power, ills. and des., | 185-192 |
Pump, the wood propeller, ills. and des., | 172-174 |
the Worthington pressure, ills. and des., | 154-155 |
the Worthington “wrecking” pump, ills. and des., | 157-159 |
vacuum, Worthington vertical beam, ills. and des., | 44-45 |
Pump, vertical, of the Clapp & Jones steam fire engine, | 118 |
windmill, operation of, | 187 |
Purification of water effected by the air lift pump, | 87 |
Purifying water, | 379 |
Quimby screw pump, ills. and des., | 174-176 |
Raising sunken vessels, use of compressed air in, des., | 59 |
“Rarefaction,” def., | 18 |
“Rarefied,” def., | 18 |
Ratchet drill, ills. and des., | 338 |
Rates of discharge of small pipes; Table, | 397 |
Reamer, ills. and des., | 339 |
Receiver, use of, | 317 |
Dean, Mason and Worthington steam pumps with receiver attached, des. and ills., | 318-319 |
Receiving reservoir, def., | 322 |
Rectangular surface condenser, the “Admiralty,” des., | 303 |
Refrigerating and ice making, use of compressed air in, des., | 59 |
Regulator, Mason elevator pump pressure, ills. and des., | 286-287 |
Relieved cylinders, how to proceed, | 383 |
Remedy for air-bound pumps, | 371 |
Reservoir, def., | 322 |
distributing, def., | 322 |
receiving, def., | 322 |
Reynolds-Corliss type, valve gear of, | 67 |
Right and left-hand pumps, how determined, | 371 |
Rings, how to cut to size, | 373 |
pattern, to be on hand, | 383 |
Riveters, use of compressed air in, des., | 57 |
Root’s large rotary pump for dredging purposes, ills. and des., | 208-210 |
Rotary and centrifugal pumps, | 193-229 |
pump driven by steam used for fire purposes, des., | 205 |
ills., | 206-207 |
Holyoke pattern, | 203 |
lobes of, ills. and des., | 209-210 |
type used by the Silsby fire engine designers; sliding abutment of rotary pump, des., | 199 |
ills. and des., | 194-210 |
how divided into classes, | 196 |
impellers or pistons of, ills. and des., | 196 |
speed of, | 174 |
Rotary steam fire engine, Silsby, des. and ills., | 113 |
valve, | 347 |
Rules for approximately determining the size of a windmill to use in pumping, | 190 |
for obtaining the contents of a barrel in gallons, | 324 |
for setting of Deane vacuum pump valves, | 43 |
to govern the actions, etc., of injectors, | 253-254 |
Saddles, how attached to pipes, des., | 382 |
pipe, substitute for tees, | 382 |
Sal soda, use of, | 380 |
Salts, magnesia, etc., in water, | 380 |
Salt water evaporator and distiller, pump for, ills. and des., | 168 |
Root’s large rotary pump for salt water service, | 210 |
Sampson windmill, des., | 190 |
Sand blasts, use of compressed air in, des., | 57 |
large rotary pump for, | 210 |
or heavy material for pumping, speed of pump to be increased, | 219 |
Santovio of Padua, Italy, inventor of the pulsometer, | 269 |
Savery, Thomas, pump, when patented, ills. and des., | 268-271 |
“Scranton” mining pump, ills. and des., | 153-154 |
Screw pump, Quimby, ills. and des., | 174-176 |
Schutte & Koerting Co., combined throttle and quick closing trip valve, | 348 |
condenser plant, revised by, ills. and des., | 310 |
Second steam fire engine, capacity and weight of, | 93 |
Self-closing cock, des., | 347 |
Self-propelled steam fire engines, Amoskeag pattern, | 142 |
Separators, necessary, | 374 |
Setting and operating of the Taber pumps, | 200-202 |
Ship’s ballast tank, def., | 322 |
pump, the, | 155 |
pump, the “Donkey,” des., | 161 |
Shop tools of all kinds, use of compressed air in, des., | 57 |
Siamese connection for stand pipes, | 138 |
Sight feed cup, automatic in its operation, | 375 |
proper place for, | 375 |
when to fill, | 376 |
Sight feed, oil cups recommended, | 375 |
Silsby rotary steam fire engine, des. and ills., | 113 |
Sinking caissons and driving tunnels through silt and soft earth, use of compressed air in, des., | 59 |
Sinking or station pump, adaptation of the turbine pump for, | 233 |
des. and ills., | 148 |
Deane single vertical, ills., | 138 |
des., | 149 |
Size of rings to use, | 373 |
Sleeve coupling, ills. and des., | 367 |
Slide valve, | 347 |
Slippage, def., causes of, | 384 |
Socket wrench, interchangeable, ills. and des., | 344 |
Spanner, ills. and des., | 344 |
Speed controlling device, style A, Mason pump, method of operating, ills. and des., | 288 |
Speed governor for water wheels, Holyoke improved, ills. and des., | 291-294 |
pump governors, ills. and des., | 281-294 |
Spray pipe and nozzle, ills., | 312 |
Spring valve, | 347 |
Sprinkler, inside boiler to scatter particles that would otherwise form scale, | 380 |
Square packings, advantages of, | 372 |
“Staggered” tube system used in steam fire engine, | 104 |
Standard pipe sizes, ills., | 367 |
Starting a pump, precautions in, | 371 |
Steam and air, relative space occupied by, | 378 |
boiler, feed water impurities, des., | 327 |
cock, des., | 347 |
cylinders, engines and pumps synonymous, require the same lubrication, | 375 |
driven centrifugal pump, Morris Machine Company’s, ills. and des., | 220-221 |
end of air and vacuum pumps, | 35 |
Steam fire engine, ills. and des., |
91-142 |
auxiliary appliances and supplies, | 99 |
“crane necked,” frame for, | 141 |
Fox boiler, des. and ills., | 101-103 |
historical notes and ills., | 92-99 |
inner and outer tube system, des., | 104 |
instructions and suggestions, |
129, 131, 135-137 |
nozzles, | 125 |
parts of, | 99 |
pumps, des. and ills., | 106, 107 |
pumps, piston rods, exhaust, coal box, etc., | 100, 101 |
self-propelled, Amoskeag pattern, | 142 |
stationary heater for, des., | 105 |
suction strainers of, des. and ills., | 109 |
table of effective fire streams for, | 117 |
“thaw-pipe” connected to, | 123 |
the Ahrens, | 126 |
Steam fire engine pump, the American, ills., | 132, 133 |
des., | 138-139 |
the Amoskeag, ills., | 107, 128 |
des., | 141-142 |
the boiler, des., | 99 |
the Clapp & Jones, | 118 |
the La France, ills., | 134 |
des., | 139-141 |
Steam fire engine, the Silsby rotary, des. and ills., | 113 |
appurtenances belonging to, | 111 |
Siamese connections for, | 138 |
valve motion of, des., | 110 |
Steam induction condenser, exhaust, des. and ills., | 308 |
Steam injector, exhaust, ills. and des., | 255-256 |
injectors, three distinct types of, | 247 |
mains, bracket for supporting of, ills. and des., | 364-365 |
materials for making, | 364 |
pipe lines, | 364 |
the proper anchoring and supporting of, ills. and des., | 365 |
to properly drain, | 374 |
Steam pump, Deane automatic duplex, ills. and des., | 318-319 |
Steam shovel of service in raising material, | 222 |
trap, des., | 333-334 |
Steam, utilizing of exhaust; note, | 35 |
Stems valve, in suction must not leak, | 374 |
Stock and die pipe, ills. and des., | 341 |
Stop-cock, des., | 347 |
Stopping at night, precautions for, | 377 |
Stop valve, necessity of, | 371 |
Stover Manufacturing Company, makers of the Sampson windmill, | 190 |
Strainers for suction pipes of steam fire engines, | 138 |
for suction water pipes, ills. and des., | 325-328 |
suction, of steam fire engine, des. and ills., | 109 |
Stress on bolts, | 399 |
Stuffing boxes, failure under high pressure, cause, | 375 |
pump end, how lubricated, | 375 |
Submerged type of centrifugal vertical pump, ills. and des., | 222-223 |
Suction hose for the steam fire engine, how fitted and carried, | 111 |
Suction pipe should be drained, | 377 |
pipes, strainers for, ills. and des., | 325-328 |
strainers of steam fire engines, des. and ills., | 109 |
valves must be well packed, | 374 |
“Sugar-house” pumps, | 165-167 |
pump, the Deane, ills. and des., | 164-165 |
Sugar, action of in boilers, | 379 |
no action on copper, tin, lead and aluminum, | 379 |
Suggestions how to find the trouble in starting a pump, | 371 |
Sulphates deposited in order, des., |
380 |
Surface condenser, | 32, 303, 313 |
extent of a, | 28 |
Swivel bench vise, ills. and des., | 340 |
Syphon pump, des. and ills., | 188 |
Syringe, Pneumatic, ills., and des., | 26 |
Taber pumps, directions for settling and operating, | 200-202 |
Table of analysis of average boiler scale, | 328 |
arrangement of valves for air and vacuum pumps, | 41 |
average hourly velocity of the wind in the U. S., | 183 |
Bliss-Heath dimensions and capacities of atmospheric pumps, | 171 |
bolt circles of standard pipe flanges, | 399 |
Table of capacities at varying heights above sea level, | 74 |
capacities, etc., of the universal double tube injector, | 264 |
and pipe sizes of sugar-house pumps, | 167 |
for 20-inch hydraulic dredge, | 221 |
of “Ballast” pump, | 161 |
of Boggs & Clarke hydraulic dredging pump, | 218 |
of Davidson marine pump, | 157 |
of Deane single sugar-house pump, | 165 |
of injectors, | 252 |
of tanks and cisterns, | 324 |
of the Deane single vertical sinking pump, | 149 |
of Worthington “wrecking” pump, | 159 |
Table of classification of steam fire engines, | 93 |
of Contents, |
XI. |
of contents of cylinders in cubic feet for each foot of depth, | 398 |
Table of diameters of cisterns in decimals of a foot, | 398 |
dimensions of noiseless water heater, | 266 |
of the Bordo blow-off valve, | 356 |
of water pressure ejector, | 266 |
Table of discharge per minute under given heads, | 392-393 |
of effective fire streams, | 117 |
of flow of water in cast iron pipes, | 394-395 |
Table of flow of water over Weir Dam, | 391 |
friction heads at given rates, | 394-395 |
friction heads in small pipes, | 397 |
friction, loss in pounds pressure, | 392-393 |
rates of discharge of small pipes, | 397 |
parts of the “Imperial” air compressor, | 70 |
pressure in pounds for every foot up to 300 ft. height, etc., | 396 |
Table of pressure of column of water, per square inch in pounds, | 396 |
of sizes, capacity, etc., of the Cataract steam pump, | 147 |
of sizes, etc., of the “Blake” compressor, | 73 |
sizes and capacities of ejectors, | 259 |
Table of standard sizes of flanges, | 399 |
test of air and vacuum pumps, | 41 |
velocity of flow in pipes, | 392-393 |
Tables and data, | 387-400 |
dimensions and capacities of the Quimby screw pump, | 176 |
pressure and temperature of the peerless injector, | 251 |
relating to the sizes and capacities of pumping mills, | 189-190 |
Tail pipe of condenser, ills., | 312 |
“Take-off” ring of Fox boiler, des. and ills., | 103 |
Tank, def. of, | 321 |
ball cock, operation of, ills. and des., | 320 |
closed pressure, ills. and des., | 321-323 |
feeding into top or bottom, | 373 |
graduated, def., | 322 |
hoops, lugs and lock nut nipples, important parts of, | 323 |
needed strength of a, | 323 |
valves, | 323 |
Tanks and cisterns, | 188, 321-324 |
table of capacity for, | 324 |
arrangements of pulsometer for emptying, ills. and des., | 278 |
computation for finding weight of, | 324 |
foundations for, | 323 |
Tanneries, particularly adapted for use in centrifugal pump, | 214 |
Tap, ills. and des., | 339 |
“Tapping,” des. of process, | 339 |
Tapping iron furnaces, use of compressed air in, des., | 59 |
Tee, beaded malleable iron, ills. and des., | 367 |
malleable iron, ills. and des., | 363 |
pipe, ills., | 368 |
Telescopic pipe joint, ills. and des., | 152 |
Temperature of gases, | 28 |
Ten thousand horse power turbine wheel, ills., |
IV |
Test pump, hydraulic gauge, ills. and des., | 163 |
“Thaw-pipe” connected to Clapp & Jones steam fire engine, | 123 |
Theoretical operations of air compressors, | 63 |
Theory of air lift, | 80 |
Thermometer, des., | 18 |
Thick stuff, the handling of, des., | 165 |
Third steam fire engine, capacity and weight of, | 93 |
Three-way cock, des., | 347 |
Throttle and quick closing trip valve, ills., | 336 |
des., | 348 |
valve, automatic, for boiler feed pump, ills. and des., | 352-353 |
Thud, causes of, in pumps, | 375 |
Tire air pump, | 29 |
Tongs, chain, | 343 |
pipe, ills. and des., | 343 |
Tools, def., | 337 |
valves and piping, | 335-356 |
Towers, cooling, des., | 33 |
Transmitting messages through pneumatic tubes, use of compressed air in, des., | 59 |
Trap, Anderson steam, des. and ills., | 332-333 |
steam, des., | 333-334 |
Trimo pipe wrench, ills. and des., | 343 |
Try-cock, des., | 347 |
Tub, des., | 323 |
Tube of condenser, ills. and des., | 305 |
Tubing, including boiler tubes, how measured, | 367 |
Turbine pump, multi-stage, how primed, ills. and des., | 228 |
Turbine pump, space occupied by; note, | 233 |
pumps, | 230-242 |
Byron Jackson Machine Company’s, | 236-242 |
Turbine wheel, ten thousand horse power, ills., | IV |
Two-stage or compounded compression, | 74-75 |
Union, Dart, ills. and des., | 367 |
flange, ills. and des., | 363 |
pipe, ills., | 368 |
Universal double tube injector, ills., | 262 |
des., | 264 |
Uses of compressed air, | 57 |
Utilities and attachments, | 315-334 |
Utility, def. of, | 317 |
Vacuum, def., | 31 |
des., | 299 |
chamber necessary for high lifts, | 374 |
remedy for pounding, | 374 |
gauge, why graduated in inches; note, | 21 |
pumps, single and cross compound double acting, | 37-39 |
table of arrangement of valves, | 41 |
table of test, | 41 |
synonymous with air, | 373 |
the Conover condenser, ills. and des., | 50-53 |
the Deane, ills. and des., | 42-43 |
the Edwards, ills. and des., | 53-55 |
the Maslin automatic steam, ills., | 271 |
des., | 279 |
the Worthington vertical beam, ills. and des., | 44-45 |
Valve, def., | 347 |
automatic throttle, for boiler feed pump, ills. and des., | 352-353 |
auxiliary or pilot, des., | 348 |
Bordo blow-off, ills. and des., | 354-355 |
churn, for feeding the steam fire engine, des., | 111 |
connection of, | 346 |
Valve for Carr steam pump governors, ills. and des., | 290-291 |
gear of the Clapp & Jones Village Engine, | 122 |
of the Reynolds-Corliss type, | 67 |
heart created on the principles of, | 347 |
hinged, | 347 |
inverted-cup, | 347 |
key, | 347 |
lifting, | 347 |
Mason water reducing, ills. and des., | 351 |
Valve motion of steam fire engines, des., | 110 |
pressure reducing, ills. and des., | 349-350 |
rotary, | 347 |
slide, | 347 |
spring, | 347 |
throttle and quick closing trip, ills., | 336 |
des., | 348 |
clogging of, remedy, | 375 |
“Corcoran” tank, | 323 |
lift of, important for high pressures, | 375 |
names, how derived, | 347 |
Valves of an air compressor, how operated by mechanical means, | 65 |
rule for setting of Deane vacuum pump, | 43 |
several classes of, | 347 |
suction, must be well packed, | 374 |
Vat, des., | 323 |
“Van Duzen’s steam jet pump”; note, | 260 |
Vapor, def., | 16 |
Velocity, average of the wind for the U. S., | 182 |
of flow in pipes; Table, | 392-393 |
water entering suction, | 378 |
water in discharge pipes, | 378 |
relative, of water in large and small pipes, | 378 |
Vertical duplex compressor, | 64-71 |
pump of four-stage turbine, ills., | 238 |
des., | 241 |
Vise, pipe, ills. and des., | 340 |
swivel bench, ills. and des., | 340 |
“Volute,” def. of, | 211 |
centrifugal pump, the Worthington, why so named, des., | 229 |
centrifugals, des., | 229 |
Volz combination of condenser and feed-water heater, ills. and des., | 304, 305, 306 |
Water “Ballast” pump, des. and ills., | 160 |
Barometer, how made, | 31 |
cock, des., | 347 |
contamination of, to be prevented, | 375 |
Weir Dam measurement, des. and ills., | 390 |
Water, discharge per minute under given heads; Table, | 392 |
expansion of, by freezing, | 381 |
Miner’s Inch, flow of, | 388 |
Waterhammer, prevention of, ills. and des., | 381 |
Water heater, noiseless, ills. and des., | 265-266 |
meter, ills. and des., | 329-332 |
to read the dial of a, ills., | 332 |
Worthington, ills. and des., | 330-332 |
Water, open stream measurement, | 390 |
penetrating force of, under high pressure, | 381 |
plunger, how packed, des. and ills., | 383 |
pressure ejector, ills. and des., | 266 |
pressure of column of; Table, | 396 |
purifying of, | 379 |
reducing valve, Mason, ills. and des., | 351 |
relative velocity of, in large and small pipes, | 378 |
velocity of, in discharge pipes, | 378 |
Water wheels, Holyoke improved speed governors for, ills. and des., | 291-294 |
Turbine, ills., |
IV |
Water works, mine drainage, adaptation of the turbine pump for, | 233 |
Wear of parts, inspections necessary, | 374 |
Weather bureaus, table of the average hourly velocity of wind in the U. S., | 183 |
Weight of gases, def., | 26 |
Well heads, three styles of, des. and ills., | 86-87 |
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., 75-H. P. induction motor, |
241 |
Wheeler Condenser and Engineering Co., referred to, | 306 |
Windmill governor, ills. and des., | 188 |
pump, des., | 187 |
operation of, | 187 |
rules for approximately determining the size of, | 190 |
as a prime mover, | 182 |
Windmills, note relating to, | 183 |
the Corcoran, ills. and des., | 184-186 |
Windmill, the power of, upon what it depends, | 190 |
Windmotors, why so named, | 187 |
power pumps ills. and des., | 185, 192 |
power as a source of energy, | 181 |
Wind produced by gravitation, | 180 |
average velocity of, for the U. S., | 182 |
Wooden pipe, note relating to, | 364 |
Wood propeller pump, the, ills. and des., | 172-174 |
Working, improper, to find cause of, | 375 |
Worthington centrifugal pumps divided into Conoidal, Volute and Turbine, des., | 229 |
condensing apparatus, operation of, | 307 |
duplex steam pump with receiver attached, ills. and des., | 319 |
pressure pump, the, ills. and des., | 154-155 |
turbine pump, ills. and des., | 230 |
vertical beam vacuum pump, ills. and des., | 44-45 |
water meter, ills. and des., | 330-332 |
“wrecking” pump the, ills. and des., | 157-159 |
“Wrecking” pump, ills. and des., | 157-159 |
Wrench, def., | 345 |
monkey, ills. and des., | 344 |
interchangeable socket, ills. and des., | 344 |
single-ended, double-ended, open-ended, box-wrench, des., | 345 |
Trimo pipe, ills. and des., | 343 |
Zinc, attacked strongly by sugar, | 379 |