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