PageAccidents, to avoid,374Acid, muriatic fumes, action of,380syphon pump, ills. and des.,265Adjusting, care must be exercised in,372“Admiralty,” the rectangular surface condenser, des.,303Advantages of the Cataract mining pump,146modern pulsometer,273Aer, def.,179Aëriform fluids, def.,15Aermotor pumps,177-192Aermotors, why so named,187Ahrens steam fire engine,126Air, des.,15and steam, relative space occupied by,378and vacuum pumps, ills. and des.,31steam end of,35table of test,41as a mechanical agent,17Air, moving power; note,23“back pressure” of, des.,36Air-bound pumps,371Air brakes, use of compressed air in, des.,57chamber, to prevent freezing,381Air compressor, direct acting steam single, ills. and des.,72power wall or post, ills. and des.,72the “Imperial,“ills. and des.,67-70Air compressors, des.,57-78methods of driving,59theoretical operations of,63Air cooler of condenser, ills.,312Air, fluid of, def.,17gravity and elasticity of,16leaks in suction must be prevented,374Air lift pump, ills. and des.,79-90care and management,87-88lift system, advantages of,79theory of,80liquid, des.,64pipe of a compressor,84pressure pumps, direct, ills. and des.,90Air pumpattached to a condenser becomes a vacuum pump,373Dean Brothers’ twin cylinder, ills. and des.,46-50Edwards, ills. and des.,53-55principles of duty,373simplest form of, ills.,15used in connection with a jet condenser, ills.,34hand, des. and ills.,29,30the inertia of,17Altitude, effect of, on atmospheric pressure,73,74American pumpas attached to steam fire engine, ills.,93driving mechanism of, ills. and des.,93,98American steam fire engine pump, ills.,132,133des.,138,139Ammonia or acid pumps, ills. and des.,171muriate of, action,379Amoskeag fire engine, ills.,107,128des.,141,142Anderson steam trap, des. and ills.,332,333Anti-freezing device, ills.,382Application of packing, how done,372Appurtenancesbelonging to steam fire engines, list of,111Aqua-thruster,267-269Atmosphere, pressure of, def.,16,36surface condenser exerts,314weight of, on the surface of the earth,19Atmospheric air, a type of other gases,25Atmospheric pressure, effect of altitude upon,73,74pumps, des. and ills.,169-171Attachment, def. of,317Attractionof cohesion, def.,16Automatic action of the pumpcontrolled by a float, ills. and des.,318,319duplex steam pump and receiver, Deane, ills. and des.,318,319throttle valve for boiler feed pump, ills. and des.,352,353“Back pressure” of atmosphere, des.,36Baffle plate, used in condenser, ills. and des.,305Ballast pump, the, ills. and des.,159-161Ballast tank, ship’s, def.,322Ball cock, ills. and des.,320Ball float, ills. and des.,318-319how attached in air and vacuum pump,36Ballot, Buys, lawrelating to barometers,181Bark, care to keep out of pipes and valves,379mixture, des.,379white oak, prevents boiler incrustation,379Barometer, ills. and des.,20water, how made,31Barrel, capacity of in gallons,323Bell and spigotconnection, ills. and des.,367Belted duplex air compressor(built by the Allis-Chalmers Co.),62-71Bilge pump, special fittings for,161“Blake” compressor,73Bliss-Heath atmospheric pumping engine, ills. and des.,169-171Blowing engine, ills. and des.,66,67Blow-off cock, des.,347valve, Bordo, ills. and des.,354,355Boggs & Clark hydraulic dredging pump, ills. and des.,217,218Boiler cleaners, mechanical,380compound, cost of,378action of,379Boiler compound, directions for use,378for locomotives,378formula for,380feed pump, centrifugal form adopted for,222Boiler of steam fire engine, des.,99Boiler of the Ahrens steam fire engine,126the Clapp & Jones steam fire engine,118the Silsby steam fire engine,115Boiler scale, table of analysis,328Boilers, ball cock attached to,320corrosion of, how caused,380Bolt circles ofstandard pipe flanges; Table,399Bolts, diameters of; lengths of,399Bordo blow-off valve, ills. and des.,354,355Bottoming-tap, ills. and des.,339Box wrench, des.,345Brewers’ grains, how pumped; note,202Buffalo, the centrifugal pump, ills. and des.,223Bulkley “Injector” condenser, ills. and des.,308,309Buys Ballot’s law relating to barometers,181Byron Jackson Machine Co.’s turbine pumps, ills. and des.,236-242Cameron, the, vertical plunger sinking pump, ills.,150-151des.,152Capacity of cisterns and tanks, how estimated,364Carbonate of lime in boiler scale,328magnesia in boiler scale,328Carbonates depositedin order, des.,380Care and management of air pumps,87-88the Clapp & Jones steam fire engine,123Carr steam pump governors, ills. and des.,288-291Cataract steam pump, ills.,144des.,146Centrifugal pump, diagram of right and left-hand methods of discharge,225early form of, ills.,212des.,214four stage, ills. and des.,224important note relating to speed of; quotation from “Industries”,223-229Morris Machine Company’s, steam-driven, ills. and des.,220-221multi-stage, ill. and des.,223-224the Buffalo, ills. and des.,223the converse of the turbine water-wheel,213vertical, submerged type of, ills. and des.,222-223directions for erecting and running,226-228fans used in, ills.,213des.,215history of,211Centrifugal pumps, how to determine right or left-hand pumps,226ills. and des.,211-230rotary and,193-229the Worthington, divided into Conoidal, volute and Turbine, des.,229two general types of, ills. and des.,215-216Centrifugal wheel, ten thousand horse power, ills. and des.,213also 133, Part One.Chain tongs,343Chlorides deposited in order, des.,380Churning in pumps, causes of,375Churn valvefor feeding the steam fire engine, des.,111purposes of,137Circulating pump, des.,32Circulating pumps, ills.,219des.,168Cistern, def. of,321Cisterns and tanks, table of capacity for,324ball cock attached to,320Cisterns, computation for finding weight of,324contents of round; Table,398diameters of, in decimals of a foot; Table,398rule for finding contents of round; Table,398Clapp & Jones steam fire engine,118Village Engine,121Classification of steam fire engines,93Cleaner, mechanical boiler,380Cleaning carpets and railroad cars and seats, use of vacuum or atmospheric pressure in, des.,59Cleanliness essential,371Clogging of suction, effect of,374Closed pressure tanks, ills. and des.,321-323Coal, decreasing supply of,84Cock, des., classes of,347ball, ills. and des.,320blow-off, des.,347cylinder, des.,247feed, des.,347four-way, des.,347gage, des.,347oil, des.,347Cock, self-closing, des.,347steam, des.,347stop, des.,347three-way, des.,347Cock, try, des.,347water, des.,347Column of water, pressure of; Table,396Columns, mine pump, ills. and des.,363Compound, boiler, record of results,378Compoundor two-stage compression,74-75Compoundsfor making pipe joints,367Compressed air, des.,57Compressibility of gases,26Compression, compound, or two-stage,74-75Compressor, belted duplex air(built by the Allis-Chalmers Co.),62-71“Imperial” air, des. and ills.,67-70Norwalk compound, des. and ills.,77-78Norwalk standard, ills. and des.,56-58power wall or post air, ills. and des.,72vertical duplex,64-71Compressors, air, des.,57-58Computation for finding weight of water in cisterns and tanks,324obtaining the contents of a barrel in gallons,324Miner’s Inch, with ills.,388open stream measurement,390weir dam, water, measurement,390relating to water pumped by windmill,191“Condensation,” def.,18Condenser, def.,32des.,299advantages of,300,378combined, and feed-water heater, ills. and des.,306cone, ills.,312Conover, ills. and des.,50-53economy of,37elbow, exhaust and injection, des. and ills.,306exhaust pipe into suction, ills. and des.,381exhaust steam induction, des. and ills.,308Condenser, jet, ills. and des.,312jet type of,33keel, what it consists of,311plant, marine, ills. and des.,310-311pump, ills. and des.,306-307Condensers, classification of,303Condenser, surface, ills. and des.,313tube, ills. and des.,305Condensing apparatus, des. and ills.,297-314engines, early, des.,378Condensing surfacerequired, amount of,312-314Cone, condenser, ills. and des.,306Conoidal centrifugal pump, the Worthington, why so named, des.,229Conover condenser, ills. and des.,50-53Construction of the Silsby steam cylinder pump and boiler,115Contamination of waterto be prevented,375Contents, Table of,XI.Controller, Mullin’s automatic, ills. and des.,352-353Cooling towers, des.,33Corcoran double actionsuction force pump, des. and ills.,185-186tank valves,323Corcoran windmill, ills. and des.,184-186Corrosion, def.,328how prevented,380of boilers, how caused,380Cotton presses, pump for, ills. and des.,154-155Coupling pipe, ills.,368“Crane-necked” steam fire engine,141Cranes and hoists, use of compressed air in, des.,57Crow, ills. and des.,340Cubic foot, capacity of in gallons.,323Cutter, pipe, ills. and des.,338Cylinder-cock, des.,347Cylinders, contents of, in cubic feet for each foot depth; Table,398relieved before removing head,383Dam, Weir, measurementof water,390Dartunion, ills. and des.,367Davidson marine pump, ills. and des.,156-157Dean Brothers’twin cylinder air pump, ills. and des.,46-50Dean automatic duplex steam pump and receiver, ills. and des.,318-319single sugar-house pump, ills. and des.,164-165single vertical sinking pump, ills.,148des.,149vacuum pump, ills. and des.,42-43Deep-well pump, working barrel of,192Deflector, water circulating,120Derangement of duplex pump, broken valve may cause it,376Diagram of discharge openingsof centrifugal right and left-hand pumps,225Dial, to read the, of a water meter, ills.,332Diameters of cisternsin decimals of a foot; Table,398Diaphragm lift and force pump, ills.,145des.,148outfit for,149Diffusion of gases,27vanes of Worthington centrifugal pump, des.,233Direct acting steam single air compressor, ills. and des.,72Disadvantagesin the use of compressed air for operating mining pumps,71Discharge per minuteunder given heads; Table,392-393Discovery of the advantages arising from the condensation of steam,300Distributing reservoir, def.,322“Doctor” independent pump, ills. and des.,161-162“Donkey” pump, des.,161Double extra first steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,93tube injector, universal, ills.,262des.,264Drain for steam pipes,374Drain, necessity for,374Draining pump cylinders and pipes,377plugs,377Dredge, elevator, des.,22220-inch hydraulic, ills. and des.,221Dredges, self-propelling and sea-going, des.; note,210Dredging pump, hydraulic, Boggs & Clark, ills. and des.,217-218Root’s large rotary, ills. and des.,208-210Drill and pipe tap combined,339Drip cocks, proper location of,376Dry cocks, centrifugal pump, particularly adapted for use in building sewers, in sand dredging,214Duplex pump, delays, avoid by frequent inspections,376derangements of one side,375jerky motion in, cause of,376repairs should be prompt and timely,376screens, important that they be kept clean,376separating chamber requires frequent examination,376suction valves require much attention,376worn parts should be replaced,376Duplex steam pump and receiver, Deane automatic, ills. and des.,318-319Edison Manufacturing Co.hand mining pump, des.,148Edwards air and vacuum pump, ills. and des.,53-55Ejector, ills. with a foot strainer,260double tube, ills. and des.,261or exhauster used for priming centrifugal pumps, des.,216ills.,218pump, ills. and des.,259-260water pressure, ills. and des.,266and injectors,243-266application of, ills.,256des.,260Elastic fluids, two classes of,16Elasticity, def.,26a property of air,16,17of all aëriform fluids, def.,17Elbow, condenser, exhaust and injection, des. and ills.,306pipe, ills.,368Elbows, des.,364Electric mining pump, ills., part one,276des., part two,147Elevator, Mason, pump pressure regulator, ills. and des.,286-287Endicott’s platform springs, des.,141Energy of the steam injector, whence derived, note,247wind as a source of power,181Engines, early condensing, des.,378Engine, steam fire, ills. and des.,91-142Entering or taper tap, ills. and des.,339Evaporation, def. and laws of,28Eve, J., inventor of Eve’s rotary pump, historical note,196Eve’s rotary pump, des. and ills.,196-197Exhaust steam induction condenser, des. and ills.,308injector, ills. and des.,249,255-256injector, high pressure, ills. and des.,257Exhaust steam, utilizing of; note,35Expansibility of gases, def. and ills.,25Expansion and compression of a body, def.,18Explanations of principles involved in feeding tank,373exposed pipes, precautions against freezing,377Extra first steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,93Failure of pump, how to find cause,374Fans, ills.,213des.,215Feed-cock, des.,347Feeding into bottom of tankrequires less power than top,373Feed-water heater and combined condenser, ills. and des.,306Volz, ills. and des.,304-306impurities, des., note relating to,327Fifth steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,93Fire engine, Silsby steam, des. and ills.,113steam, ills. and des.,91-142Fire hose flow of water, how retarded in, des.,135pumps, Holyoke pattern of rotary,203First steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,93Flange joint, ills., and des.,363Flanges, diameters of standard; Table,399standard, bolt circles of; Table,399table of standard sizes,399thickness of standard,399union, des. and ills.,363Float, automatic action of the pump controlled by a, ills. and des.,318-319Flow of water over Weir dam; Table,391Fluid, particles of,14Flume, mechanism to shut off the water supply of, ills.,295Foot-boardof the steam fire engine, des.,111Foot valveapplied to centrifugal pump,216Forcer of steam injector,247Foundations of tanks,323suitable, precautions for,371Fountain, Hero’s, ills. and des.,23in vacuo, ills. and des.,23Four stage centrifugal pump, ills. and des.,224Fourth steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,93Four-way cock, des.,347Fox boiler, des. and ills.,101-103Freeman, John R., credit given for table,117Freezing, anti-, device,381of pipe, how prevented, ills. and des.,381Friction, different kinds of pipe,377Friction heads; Table,394-395in small pipes; Table,397Friction, influence of, on different kinds of pipe,377loss in pounds pressure; Table,392-393must be kept down,372Frizell system of air lift pumps,88Gage-cock, des.,347Gallon, capacity of,323imperial, capacity of,323Gallons for each foot of length in pipes,398Gases and liquids, properties in common, des.,24compressibility of,26diffusion of,27expansibility of, def. and ills.,25permanent, def.,16pressure exerted by,26weight of, def.,26Gas-fitter’s air proving pump, def. and ills.,29Gates, head, mechanism to raise and lower, ills.,295Gauge, hydraulic, test pump, ills. and des.,164indicating pressure and vacuum, des.,259vacuum, why graduated in inches; note,21Giffard, Inventor of the injector; historical note,245Gould’s rotary pump, ills.,194des.,199Governorand pump, des. and ills.,317-319Governors, Carr steam pump, ills. and des.,288-291Governor, Mason pump, ills. and des.,284-286utility combination pump, des. and ills.,296Governors, pump speed, ills. and des.,281-294Graduated tank, des.,322Grains, wet, brewers’, how pumped; note,202Graphite as a lubricant, des.,384Graphite, invaluable about studs, nuts, etc.,384mix with oil for hand pump,375use of, on pipe threads,384Gravitation, effect on current of air,180Gravity, a property of air,16Grit, avoid in packing,377Guericke, Otto von, inventor,19Guide vanes of Worthington centrifugal pump, des.,231des.,212Hammer, how best used, des.,345Hand air pumps, des. and ills.,29-30Harris system of raising water bydirect pressure,90Hayden & Derby Mfg. Co.,252Head gates, mechanism to raise and lower, ills.,295Heads, friction at given rates; Table,394-395Heat, action of, on particles of bodies,16Heater, noiseless water, ills. and des.,265-266stationary, for the steam fire engine,105Heron or Hero, account of,99of Alexandria; historical note relating to steam fire engine,95“Hero’s fountain,” invented by Hero of Alexandria,99ills. and des.,23“Hessian Suck,” a form of centrifugal pump, des.,211Hinged valve,347Historical notesand ills. relating to steam fire engine,92-99History of the centrifugal pump,211Hogshead, capacity of,323Holyoke improved speed governor for water wheels, ills. and des.,291-294pattern rotary pump,203Horizontal two-stage pump, ills.,236des.,241Hydraulic dredge, 20-inch, ills. and des.,221dredging pump, Boggs & Clarke, ills. and des.,217-218gauge test pump, ills. and des.,163joints for high pressure, ills. and des.,361Hydraulic lifts and cranes, pump for, des. and ills.,154-155packing, difficulty in cutting,373pipes, best way to join; Note,367riveting and punching, pump for, ills. and des.,154-155Hydro-pneumatics,15Ice, expansion of,381Ideal steel tank tower, ills. and des.,187“Impellers,” des.,212Impellers of Worthington centrifugal pump, des.,233Impellers or pistons of rotary pumps, ills. and des.,196“Imperial” air compressor, ills. and des.,67-70Imperial gallon, capacity of,323Incrustation, des.,328Incrustations of injector pipes, how removed,254Injection, def.,32water of air and vacuum pumps, des.,35Injector, action of,247,249a gauge indicating both pressure and vacuum for the,259“Injector” condenser, Bulkley, ills. and des.,308-309Injector, double tube universal, ills.,262des.,264exhaust steam, ills. and des.,255-256high pressure exhaust steam, ills. and des.,257how to start the exhaust steam,259Korting, des.,264“Manhattan” automatic, ills.,244des.,251Metropolitan double tube, ills.,248des.,252Metropolitan single tube, ills.,250des.,252Monitor, ills.,246des.,252not an economical device,249peerless automatic, ills.,246des.,251peerless, names of parts,251ills.,234peerless, table of pressure and temperature of the,251the exhaust steam,249Injectors and ejectors,243-266piping of “Manhattan” and peerless, ills. and des.,253rules to govern the actions, etc., of,253-254table of capacity of,252three distinct types of,247Inspection for causes of failure in starting a pump,371Inspections, internal and external necessary,374Inspirator, des.,249Instructions and suggestions for the steam fire engine,129,131,135-137Interchangeable socket wrench, ills. and des.,344Inter-cooler, the, ills. and des.,74-78Intermediate tap, ills. and des.,339Interruption of flow by foreign body in suction,375Inverted-cup valve,347Irregularity in duplex pump, cause of,375Irregular speedindicates trouble,376Duty, unsteady discharge requires attention,376“Isochronal” pump, def.,147Jet condenser, ills. and des.,32,303,312discovery of,301Jet pump, the, ills. and des.,261type of condenser,33Joint, pipe, compounds for making, recipes,362piping, des. and ills.,359-362Keel condenser, what it consists of,311Kerosene, effect on pipe joints,362Key valve,47“Kicking down” a well in the early days, ills.,VIII.Knight, E. H., classification of cocks and valves,347Korting injector, pieces composing the, shown in cuts page,263names of the parts,264La France steam fire engine pump, ills.,134des.,139-141Leakage, indications of,376slight, unimportant,373Leaks, often the cause of failure in starting a pump,371Left and right-hand pumps, customary rule for,371Life of boiler of steam fire engine, how prolonged,105Lifter of steam injector,247Lifting valve,347Lime, carbonate of, in boiler scale,328Liquid air, des.,64Liquids under heavy pressure, pump for delivering, ills. and des.,154-155Lobes of rotary pump, ills. and des.,209-210Location for pumps, proper,371Lombard, Nathaniel, pump governor; note,294Lubrication, intermittent, to be avoided,375Lubrication, proper, for packing,373Magdeburg cups or hemispheres, ills. and des.,19Magma sugar pump, ills. and des.,166-167Magnesia, carbonate of in boiler scale,328salt, etc., in water,380must be removed,380Main feed pump, uses for the,161“Manhattan” automatic injector, ills.,244des.,251Marine pump, Davidson pattern, ills. and des.,156-157Marine pumps,155-162Ship’s pump,155“Mariotte’s law”,17Marks of parts necessary,374Maslin automatic steam vacuum pump, ills.,271des.,279Mason elevator pumppressure regulator, ills. and des.,286-287pump governor, ills. and des.,284-286pump pressure regulator, ills. and des.,349-350steam pump with receiver attached, ills. and des.,319water reducing valve, ills. and des.,351“Massachusetts pump,” des.,211Matter, properties of,24Measurements of pipe lines, how to be taken, ills.,368Mechanical boiler cleaners,380Mercury, inches of, def.,31Metallic packings, popular and good,377Meter, water, ills. and des.,329-332Worthington water, ills. and des.,330-332Meteorology, def.,179Metropolitandouble tube injector, ills.,248des.,252single tube injector, ills.,250des.,252Mine drainage, adaptation of the turbine pump for,233pump columns, ills. and des.,363Miner’s inch water measurement, ills.,388Mining, Cataract steam pump, ills.,144des.,146Mining pump, double leather, ills.,145des.,147electric, ills., Part One,276des., Part Two,147hand-power, ills.,145des.,148the Cameron vertical plunger sinking, ills.,150-151des.,152the “Scranton,” ills. and des.,153-154Mining pumps, des. and ills.,145-155pumps, an advantage of; note,152note relating to the cost of repairing a half-inch globe valve,145use of compressed air in,71Miscellaneous pumps,143-176Molecules, repulsive force of,27Monitor injector, ills.,246des.,252Monkey-wrenches, “knife-handle,” ills. and des.,344Morris Machine Company’s centrifugal pump, steam-driven, ills. and des.,220-221Mud, 20-inch hydraulic dredge for pumping mud, silt, etc.,221Mullin’s Automatic controller, ills. and des.,352-353Multi-stage centrifugal pump, ills. and des.,223-224turbine pump, priming of, ills. and des.,228-229Neck-cap of the modern pulsometer, ills. and des.,274Neck-piece of the modern pulsometer, ills. and des.,274Newcomen, discovery relating to condensation of steam,301Nipple-Holder, pipe, ills. and des.,341Norwalk compound compressor, des. and ills.,77-78standard compressor, ills. and des.,56-58note,78Nozzles of steam fire engine,125three types of, in steam injector,247Nuts and screwsmust be kept tight,374Oak-bark, directions for use,379white, used in boilers,379Oil-cock, des.,367Oil, how used in the Cataract steam pump cylinder,146Oil-pipe lines, pump for,155tank steamer pump, ills. and des.,159-161Packing, care of,372economy of, narrow rings,372for pump plungers,373for pumps, suitable,372how to fit,372must be elastic, never rigid,372for stuffing boxes, badly proportioned, glands too short,372to cut square thinner, des. and ills.,383Paper mills, particularly adapted for use of centrifugal pumps,214Papin, Denis, inventor, account of,211historical note,64Parallel vise,341Parker, Richard Green, quotation,14Peerless automatic injector, ills.,246des.,251Pelton water wheel,60Pilot or auxiliary valve, des.,348Pipe, condenser spray, des.,306connections, proper arrangements of,363cutter, ills. and des.,338fitting, des.,359freezing of, how prevented, ills. and des.,381gas and steam, how measured,367joint, des. and ills.,359-363telescopic, ills. and des.,152Pipe lines, how measurements are to be taken, ills.,368lines, steam,364Pipe, making up a piece of,363nipple holder, des.,341originally a musical wind instrument,359saddles for quick connections into pipes, ills.,382spanner, ills. and des.,344stock and die, des.,341Pipe, suction, should be drained,377tail, of condenser, ills.,312thickness of standard,399Pipe tongs, ills. and des.,343vise, ills. and des.,340Pipe, wooden, note relating to,364wrench, Trimo, ills. and des.,343advantages and disadvantages of,377Pipes and fittings, note relating to,359exposed, precautions against freezing,377flow of water in cast iron; table,394-395joints and fittings,359-368relative advantages of,377Pipes, small, rates of discharge; table,397steam, to properly drain,374strainers for suction, ills. and des.,325-328Piping of Manhattan and peerless injectors, ills. and des.,253of high pressure exhaust steam injector, ills. and des.,258standard, “extra strong,” double extra strong, ills. and des.,367to remove incrustations from injector,254Piston, Follower type, how packed,383Plug pipe, ills.,368taps, ills. and des.,339Plugs, drain,377Plunger, deep well pump, ills. and des.,192packing, dry, remedy for,377packing, how to apply,373water, how packed, des. and ills.,383Pneumatics,15-30Pneumatic syringe, ills. and des.,26Pohle, Dr. Julius J., historical note,79system of elevating liquids, ills. and des.,81-84“Points” relating to the care and management of air compressors,61Portable drilling machines, use of compressed air in, des.,57form of pulsometer and boiler, ills. and des.,280tool, def.,337Ports, reducing capacity of, by substances,375Power of a windmill, what it depends upon,190wall or post air compressor, ills. and des.,72Practical Engineer, ills. of air lift pump from,89Preface,IXPressure, atmosphere, surface condenser exerts,314exerted by gases,26in pounds for every foot up to 300 ft. height, etc.; Table,396of air and gases, def.,17of column of water; Table,396of the atmosphere, def.,16Pressure per square inchin pounds; Table,396reducing valve, ills. and des.,349-350Prime movers, def.,181Priming methodsadopted to suit centrifugal pumps of various designs, ills. and des.,228-229Priming, to start,377Propeller pump, the wood, ills. and des.,172-174Pulsator,269Pulsometer, des. and ills.,267-280Pulsometer, action of,276-277a form of vacuum pump,269and boiler in portable form, ills. and des.,280arrangements of, for emptying vats or tanks, ills. and des.,278historical,269important points to be attended to; note,279Pulsometer, suggestions relative to placing of the pump; note,273the modern, ills. and des.,270-273the original, ills. and des.,268-271the principal parts of, des. and ills.,277Pump, air, Dean Brothers’ twin cylinder, ills. and des.,46-50air lift, ills. and des.,79-90Pump, American, driving mechanism of, ills. and des.,93,98and governor, des. and ills.,317-319Buffalo centrifugal, ills. and des.,223centrifugal, diagram of right and left-hand methods of discharge,225centrifugal, four-stage, ills. and des.,224multi-stage, ills. and des.,223-224vertical, submerged type of, ills. and des.,222-223Pump, circulating, des.,32columns, mine, ills. and des.,363Conover vacuum, ills. and des.,50-53Corcoran double action suction force pump, ills. and des.,185-186Davidson, marine, ills. and des.,156-157Dean single vertical sinking, ills.,148Dean vacuum, ills. and des.,42-43deep well, working barrel of,192Pump, differencebetween a hand pump and a windmill pump,187Pump, Edwards’ air, ills. and des.,53-55ejector, as a form of,259Eve’s rotary, des. and ills.,196-197Pump, failure in starting, cause,371for salt water evaporator and distiller, ills. and des.,168Pump, gas-fitter’s air proving, def. and ills.,29Gould’s rotary, ills.,194des.,199Pump governor, Mason, ills. and des.,284-286Nathaniel Lombard, note,294utility, combination, des. and ills.,296Pump governors, Carr steam, ills. and des.,288-291hand oil, desirable,375“Hessian Suck,” des.,211hydraulic gauge test, ills. and des.,163Pumping water, use of compressed air in, des.,59“Isochronal,” def.,147Maslin automatic steam vacuum, ills.,271des.,279“Massachusetts,” des.,211mining, hand-power, ills.,145des.,148Pump of the Silsby steam fire engine,113portable fire air,29Quimby screw, ills. and des.,174-176Root’s rotary, ills. and des.,209Pump speed governors, ills. and des.,281-394steam fire engine, ills. and des.,91-142American, ills.,132,133des.,138-139La France, ills.,134des.,139-141syphon, ills. and des.,188,265as attached to steam fire engine, ills.,93the “Ballast,” ills. and des.,159-161theCameron vertical plunger sinking, ills.,150-151des.,152theDeane sugar-house, ills. and des.,164-165the“Doctor” independent pump, ills. and des.,161-162the injector can be used as a,249the jet, ill. and des.,261theMagna sugar, ills. and des.,166-167the“Scranton” mining, ills. and des.,153-154the ship’s,155Taber rotary,200-202Pumps, air and vacuum, ills. and des.,31air pressure, ills. and des.,90ammonia or acid, ills. and des.,171auxiliary feed, often duplicated,161Byron Jackson Machine Company’s turbine,236-242Pumps, centrifugal, ills. and des.,211-230circulating, ills.,219des.,168directions for erecting and running,226-228fire,Holyoke pattern of rotary,203Pumps, marine,155-162methods of priming centrifugal pumps,228-229Pumps, mining,145-155an advantage of, note,152Pumps, miscellaneous,143-176of steam fire engine, des. and ills.,100,106,107operation of large dredging,210rotary and centrifugal,193-229Pumps, rotary, ills. and des.,194-210impellers or pistons of, ills. and des.,196used for pumping thick stuff,165Pumps, sinking, des. and ills.,148“sugar-house”,165-167Taber rotary,200-202turbine,230-242vacuum, single and cross compound double acting,37-39vacuum, table of arrangement of valves,41wind power, ills. and des.,185-192Pump, the wood propeller, ills. and des.,172-174theWorthington pressure, ills. and des.,154-155theWorthington “wrecking” pump, ills. and des.,157-159vacuum,Worthington vertical beam, ills. and des.,44-45Pump, vertical, of theClapp & Jones steam fire engine,118windmill, operation of,187Purification of watereffected by the air lift pump,87Purifying water,379Quimby screw pump, ills. and des.,174-176Raising sunken vessels, use of compressed air in, des.,59“Rarefaction,” def.,18“Rarefied,” def.,18Ratchet drill, ills. and des.,338Rates of dischargeof small pipes; Table,397Reamer, ills. and des.,339Receiver, use of,317Dean, Mason and Worthington steam pumps with receiver attached, des. and ills.,318-319Receiving reservoir, def.,322Rectangular surface condenser, the “Admiralty,” des.,303Refrigerating and ice making, use of compressed air in, des.,59Regulator, Mason elevator pump pressure, ills. and des.,286-287Relieved cylinders, how to proceed,383Remedy for air-bound pumps,371Reservoir, def.,322distributing, def.,322receiving, def.,322Reynolds-Corliss type, valve gear of,67Right and left-hand pumps, how determined,371Rings, how to cut to size,373pattern, to be on hand,383Riveters, use of compressed air in, des.,57Root’s large rotary pumpfor dredging purposes, ills. and des.,208-210Rotary and centrifugal pumps,193-229pump driven by steam used for fire purposes, des.,205ills.,206-207Holyoke pattern,203lobes of, ills. and des.,209-210type used by the Silsby fire engine designers; sliding abutment of rotary pump, des.,199ills. and des.,194-210how divided into classes,196impellers or pistons of, ills. and des.,196speed of,174Rotary steam fire engine, Silsby, des. and ills.,113valve,347Rules for approximately determining the size of a windmillto use in pumping,190for obtaining the contents of a barrel in gallons,324for setting of Deane vacuum pump valves,43to govern the actions, etc., of injectors,253-254Saddles, how attached to pipes, des.,382pipe, substitute for tees,382Sal soda, use of,380Salts, magnesia, etc., in water,380Salt water evaporatorand distiller, pump for, ills. and des.,168Root’s large rotary pump for salt water service,210Sampson windmill, des.,190Sand blasts, use of compressed air in, des.,57large rotary pump for,210or heavy material for pumping, speed of pump to be increased,219Santovio of Padua, Italy, inventor of the pulsometer,269Savery, Thomas, pump, when patented, ills. and des.,268-271“Scranton” mining pump, ills. and des.,153-154Screw pump, Quimby, ills. and des.,174-176Schutte & Koerting Co., combined throttle and quick closing trip valve,348condenser plant, revised by, ills. and des.,310Second steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,93Self-closing cock, des.,347Self-propelled steam fire engines, Amoskeag pattern,142Separators, necessary,374Setting and operating of the Taber pumps,200-202Ship’s ballast tank, def.,322pump, the,155pump, the “Donkey,” des.,161Shop tools of all kinds, use of compressed air in, des.,57Siamese connectionfor stand pipes,138Sight feed cup, automatic in its operation,375proper place for,375when to fill,376Sight feed, oil cups recommended,375Silsby rotary steam fire engine, des. and ills.,113Sinking caissonsand driving tunnels through silt and soft earth, use of compressed air in, des.,59Sinking or station pump, adaptation of the turbine pump for,233des. and ills.,148Deane single vertical, ills.,138des.,149Size of rings to use,373Sleeve coupling, ills. and des.,367Slide valve,347Slippage, def., causes of,384Socket wrench, interchangeable, ills. and des.,344Spanner, ills. and des.,344Speed controlling device, style A, Mason pump, method of operating, ills. and des.,288Speed governor for water wheels, Holyoke improved, ills. and des.,291-294pump governors, ills. and des.,281-294Spray pipe and nozzle, ills.,312Spring valve,347Sprinkler, inside boiler to scatter particles that would otherwise form scale,380Square packings, advantages of,372“Staggered” tube systemused in steam fire engine,104Standard pipe sizes, ills.,367Starting a pump, precautions in,371Steam and air, relative space occupied by,378boiler, feed water impurities, des.,327cock, des.,347cylinders, engines and pumps synonymous, require the same lubrication,375driven centrifugal pump, Morris Machine Company’s, ills. and des.,220-221end of air and vacuum pumps,35Steam fire engine, ills. and des.,91-142auxiliary appliances and supplies,99“crane necked,” frame for,141Fox boiler, des. and ills.,101-103historical notes and ills.,92-99inner and outer tube system, des.,104instructions and suggestions,129,131,135-137nozzles,125parts of,99pumps, des. and ills.,106,107pumps, piston rods, exhaust, coal box, etc.,100,101self-propelled, Amoskeag pattern,142stationary heater for, des.,105suction strainers of, des. and ills.,109table of effective fire streams for,117“thaw-pipe” connected to,123theAhrens,126Steam fire enginepump, the American, ills.,132,133des.,138-139theAmoskeag, ills.,107,128des.,141-142the boiler, des.,99theClapp & Jones,118theLa France, ills.,134des.,139-141Steam fire engine, the Silsby rotary, des. and ills.,113appurtenances belonging to,111Siamese connections for,138valve motion of, des.,110Steam induction condenser, exhaust, des. and ills.,308Steam injector, exhaust, ills. and des.,255-256injectors, three distinct types of,247mains, bracket for supporting of, ills. and des.,364-365materials for making,364pipe lines,364the proper anchoring and supporting of, ills. and des.,365to properly drain,374Steam pump, Deane automatic duplex, ills. and des.,318-319Steam shovelof service in raising material,222trap, des.,333-334Steam, utilizing of exhaust; note,35Stemsvalve, in suction must not leak,374Stock and die pipe, ills. and des.,341Stop-cock, des.,347Stopping at night, precautions for,377Stop valve, necessity of,371Stover Manufacturing Company, makers of the Sampson windmill,190Strainers for suction pipesof steam fire engines,138for suction water pipes, ills. and des.,325-328suction, of steam fire engine, des. and ills.,109Stress on bolts,399Stuffing boxes, failure under high pressure, cause,375pump end, how lubricated,375Submerged type of centrifugal vertical pump, ills. and des.,222-223Suction hosefor the steam fire engine, how fitted and carried,111Suction pipeshould be drained,377pipes, strainers for, ills. and des.,325-328strainers of steam fire engines, des. and ills.,109valves must be well packed,374“Sugar-house” pumps,165-167pump, the Deane, ills. and des.,164-165Sugar, action of in boilers,379no action on copper, tin, lead and aluminum,379Suggestions how to find the troublein starting a pump,371Sulphatesdeposited in order, des.,380Surface condenser,32,303,313extent of a,28Swivel bench vise, ills. and des.,340Syphon pump, des. and ills.,188Syringe, Pneumatic, ills., and des.,26Taber pumps, directions for settling and operating,200-202Table ofanalysis of average boiler scale,328arrangement of valves for air and vacuum pumps,41average hourly velocity of the wind in the U. S.,183Bliss-Heath dimensions and capacities of atmospheric pumps,171bolt circles of standard pipe flanges,399Table ofcapacities at varying heights above sea level,74capacities, etc., of the universal double tube injector,264and pipe sizes of sugar-house pumps,167for 20-inch hydraulic dredge,221of “Ballast” pump,161of Boggs & Clarke hydraulic dredging pump,218of Davidson marine pump,157of Deane single sugar-house pump,165of injectors,252of tanks and cisterns,324of the Deane single vertical sinking pump,149of Worthington “wrecking” pump,159Tableof classification of steam fire engines,93of Contents,XI.of contents of cylinders in cubic feet for each foot of depth,398Table ofdiameters of cisterns in decimals of a foot,398dimensions of noiseless water heater,266of the Bordo blow-off valve,356of water pressure ejector,266Table ofdischarge per minute under given heads,392-393of effective fire streams,117of flow of water in cast iron pipes,394-395Table offlow of water over Weir Dam,391friction heads at given rates,394-395friction heads in small pipes,397friction, loss in pounds pressure,392-393rates of discharge of small pipes,397parts of the “Imperial” air compressor,70pressure in pounds for every foot up to 300 ft. height, etc.,396Table ofpressure of column of water, per square inch in pounds,396of sizes, capacity, etc., of the Cataract steam pump,147of sizes, etc., of the “Blake” compressor,73sizes and capacities of ejectors,259Table ofstandard sizes of flanges,399test of air and vacuum pumps,41velocity of flow in pipes,392-393Tables and data,387-400dimensions and capacities of the Quimby screw pump,176pressure and temperature of the peerless injector,251relating to the sizes and capacities of pumping mills,189-190Tail pipe of condenser, ills.,312“Take-off” ring of Fox boiler, des. and ills.,103Tank, def. of,321ball cock, operation of, ills. and des.,320closed pressure, ills. and des.,321-323feeding into top or bottom,373graduated, def.,322hoops, lugs and lock nut nipples, important parts of,323needed strength of a,323valves,323Tanks and cisterns,188,321-324table of capacity for,324arrangements of pulsometer for emptying, ills. and des.,278computation for finding weight of,324foundations for,323Tanneries, particularly adapted for use in centrifugal pump,214Tap, ills. and des.,339“Tapping,” des. of process,339Tapping iron furnaces, use of compressed air in, des.,59Tee, beaded malleable iron, ills. and des.,367malleable iron, ills. and des.,363pipe, ills.,368Telescopic pipe joint, ills. and des.,152Temperature of gases,28Ten thousand horse power turbine wheel, ills.,IVTest pump, hydraulic gauge, ills. and des.,163“Thaw-pipe” connected to Clapp & Jones steam fire engine,123Theoretical operations of air compressors,63Theory of air lift,80Thermometer, des.,18Thick stuff, the handling of, des.,165Third steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,93Three-way cock, des.,347Throttle and quick closing trip valve, ills.,336des.,348valve, automatic, for boiler feed pump, ills. and des.,352-353Thud, causes of, in pumps,375Tire air pump,29Tongs, chain,343pipe, ills. and des.,343Tools, def.,337valves and piping,335-356Towers, cooling, des.,33Transmitting messages through pneumatic tubes, use of compressed air in, des.,59Trap, Anderson steam, des. and ills.,332-333steam, des.,333-334Trimo pipe wrench, ills. and des.,343Try-cock, des.,347Tub, des.,323Tube of condenser, ills. and des.,305Tubing, including boiler tubes, how measured,367Turbine pump, multi-stage, how primed, ills. and des.,228Turbine pump, space occupied by; note,233pumps,230-242Byron Jackson Machine Company’s,236-242Turbine wheel, ten thousand horse power, ills.,IVTwo-stage or compounded compression,74-75Union, Dart, ills. and des.,367flange, ills. and des.,363pipe, ills.,368Universal double tube injector, ills.,262des.,264Uses of compressed air,57Utilities and attachments,315-334Utility, def. of,317Vacuum, def.,31des.,299chamber necessary for high lifts,374remedy for pounding,374gauge, why graduated in inches; note,21pumps, single and cross compound double acting,37-39table of arrangement of valves,41table of test,41synonymous with air,373the Conover condenser, ills. and des.,50-53the Deane, ills. and des.,42-43the Edwards, ills. and des.,53-55the Maslin automatic steam, ills.,271des.,279the Worthington vertical beam, ills. and des.,44-45Valve, def.,347automatic throttle, for boiler feed pump, ills. and des.,352-353auxiliary or pilot, des.,348Bordo blow-off, ills. and des.,354-355churn, for feeding the steam fire engine, des.,111connection of,346Valve for Carr steam pump governors, ills. and des.,290-291gear of the Clapp & Jones Village Engine,122of the Reynolds-Corliss type,67heart created on the principles of,347hinged,347inverted-cup,347key,347lifting,347Mason water reducing, ills. and des.,351Valve motion of steam fire engines, des.,110pressure reducing, ills. and des.,349-350rotary,347slide,347spring,347throttle and quick closing trip, ills.,336des.,348clogging of, remedy,375“Corcoran” tank,323lift of, important for high pressures,375names, how derived,347Valves of an air compressor, how operated by mechanical means,65rule for setting of Deane vacuum pump,43several classes of,347suction, must be well packed,374Vat, des.,323“Van Duzen’s steam jet pump”; note,260Vapor, def.,16Velocity, average of the wind for the U. S.,182of flow in pipes; Table,392-393water entering suction,378water in discharge pipes,378relative, of water in large and small pipes,378Vertical duplex compressor,64-71pump of four-stage turbine, ills.,238des.,241Vise, pipe, ills. and des.,340swivel bench, ills. and des.,340“Volute,” def. of,211centrifugal pump, the Worthington, why so named, des.,229centrifugals, des.,229Volz combination of condenser and feed-water heater, ills. and des.,304,305,306Water “Ballast” pump, des. and ills.,160Barometer, how made,31cock, des.,347contamination of, to be prevented,375Weir Dam measurement, des. and ills.,390Water, discharge per minute under given heads; Table,392expansion of, by freezing,381Miner’s Inch, flow of,388Waterhammer, prevention of, ills. and des.,381Water heater, noiseless, ills. and des.,265-266meter, ills. and des.,329-332to read the dial of a, ills.,332Worthington, ills. and des.,330-332Water, open stream measurement,390penetrating force of, under high pressure,381plunger, how packed, des. and ills.,383pressure ejector, ills. and des.,266pressure of column of; Table,396purifying of,379reducing valve, Mason, ills. and des.,351relative velocity of, in large and small pipes,378velocity of, in discharge pipes,378Water wheels, Holyoke improved speed governors for, ills. and des.,291-294Turbine, ills.,IVWater works, mine drainage, adaptation of the turbine pump for,233Wear of parts, inspections necessary,374Weather bureaus, table of the average hourly velocity of wind in the U. S.,183Weight of gases, def.,26Well heads, three styles of, des. and ills.,86-87Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., 75-H. P. induction motor,241Wheeler Condenser and Engineering Co., referred to,306Windmill governor, ills. and des.,188pump, des.,187operation of,187rules for approximately determining the size of,190as a prime mover,182Windmills, note relating to,183the Corcoran, ills. and des.,184-186Windmill, the power of, upon what it depends,190Windmotors, why so named,187power pumps ills. and des.,185,192power as a source of energy,181Wind produced by gravitation,180average velocity of, for the U. S.,182Wooden pipe, note relating to,364Wood propeller pump, the, ills. and des.,172-174Working, improper, to find cause of,375Worthington centrifugal pumpsdivided into Conoidal, Volute and Turbine, des.,229condensing apparatus, operation of,307duplex steam pump with receiver attached, ills. and des.,319pressure pump, the, ills. and des.,154-155turbine pump, ills. and des.,230vertical beam vacuum pump, ills. and des.,44-45water meter, ills. and des.,330-332“wrecking” pump the, ills. and des.,157-159“Wrecking” pump, ills. and des.,157-159Wrench, def.,345monkey, ills. and des.,344interchangeable socket, ills. and des.,344single-ended, double-ended, open-ended, box-wrench, des.,345Trimo pipe, ills. and des.,343Zinc, attacked strongly by sugar,379
Accidents, to avoid,
Acid, muriatic fumes, action of,
syphon pump, ills. and des.,
Adjusting, care must be exercised in,
“Admiralty,” the rectangular surface condenser, des.,
Advantages of the Cataract mining pump,
modern pulsometer,
Aer, def.,
Aëriform fluids, def.,
Aermotor pumps,
Aermotors, why so named,
Ahrens steam fire engine,
Air, des.,
and steam, relative space occupied by,
and vacuum pumps, ills. and des.,
steam end of,
table of test,
as a mechanical agent,
Air, moving power; note,
“back pressure” of, des.,
Air-bound pumps,
Air brakes, use of compressed air in, des.,
chamber, to prevent freezing,
Air compressor, direct acting steam single, ills. and des.,
power wall or post, ills. and des.,
the “Imperial,“ills. and des.,
Air compressors, des.,
methods of driving,
theoretical operations of,
Air cooler of condenser, ills.,
Air, fluid of, def.,
gravity and elasticity of,
leaks in suction must be prevented,
Air lift pump, ills. and des.,
care and management,
lift system, advantages of,
theory of,
liquid, des.,
pipe of a compressor,
pressure pumps, direct, ills. and des.,
Air pumpattached to a condenser becomes a vacuum pump,
Dean Brothers’ twin cylinder, ills. and des.,
Edwards, ills. and des.,
principles of duty,
simplest form of, ills.,
used in connection with a jet condenser, ills.,
hand, des. and ills.,
the inertia of,
Altitude, effect of, on atmospheric pressure,
American pumpas attached to steam fire engine, ills.,
driving mechanism of, ills. and des.,
American steam fire engine pump, ills.,
des.,
Ammonia or acid pumps, ills. and des.,
muriate of, action,
Amoskeag fire engine, ills.,
des.,
Anderson steam trap, des. and ills.,
Anti-freezing device, ills.,
Application of packing, how done,
Appurtenancesbelonging to steam fire engines, list of,
Aqua-thruster,
Atmosphere, pressure of, def.,
surface condenser exerts,
weight of, on the surface of the earth,
Atmospheric air, a type of other gases,
Atmospheric pressure, effect of altitude upon,
pumps, des. and ills.,
Attachment, def. of,
Attractionof cohesion, def.,
Automatic action of the pumpcontrolled by a float, ills. and des.,
duplex steam pump and receiver, Deane, ills. and des.,
throttle valve for boiler feed pump, ills. and des.,
“Back pressure” of atmosphere, des.,
Baffle plate, used in condenser, ills. and des.,
Ballast pump, the, ills. and des.,
Ballast tank, ship’s, def.,
Ball cock, ills. and des.,
Ball float, ills. and des.,
how attached in air and vacuum pump,
Ballot, Buys, lawrelating to barometers,
Bark, care to keep out of pipes and valves,
mixture, des.,
white oak, prevents boiler incrustation,
Barometer, ills. and des.,
water, how made,
Barrel, capacity of in gallons,
Bell and spigotconnection, ills. and des.,
Belted duplex air compressor(built by the Allis-Chalmers Co.),
Bilge pump, special fittings for,
“Blake” compressor,
Bliss-Heath atmospheric pumping engine, ills. and des.,
Blowing engine, ills. and des.,
Blow-off cock, des.,
valve, Bordo, ills. and des.,
Boggs & Clark hydraulic dredging pump, ills. and des.,
Boiler cleaners, mechanical,
compound, cost of,
action of,
Boiler compound, directions for use,
for locomotives,
formula for,
feed pump, centrifugal form adopted for,
Boiler of steam fire engine, des.,
Boiler of the Ahrens steam fire engine,
the Clapp & Jones steam fire engine,
the Silsby steam fire engine,
Boiler scale, table of analysis,
Boilers, ball cock attached to,
corrosion of, how caused,
Bolt circles ofstandard pipe flanges; Table,
Bolts, diameters of; lengths of,
Bordo blow-off valve, ills. and des.,
Bottoming-tap, ills. and des.,
Box wrench, des.,
Brewers’ grains, how pumped; note,
Buffalo, the centrifugal pump, ills. and des.,
Bulkley “Injector” condenser, ills. and des.,
Buys Ballot’s law relating to barometers,
Byron Jackson Machine Co.’s turbine pumps, ills. and des.,
Cameron, the, vertical plunger sinking pump, ills.,
des.,
Capacity of cisterns and tanks, how estimated,
Carbonate of lime in boiler scale,
magnesia in boiler scale,
Carbonates depositedin order, des.,
Care and management of air pumps,
the Clapp & Jones steam fire engine,
Carr steam pump governors, ills. and des.,
Cataract steam pump, ills.,
des.,
Centrifugal pump, diagram of right and left-hand methods of discharge,
early form of, ills.,
des.,
four stage, ills. and des.,
important note relating to speed of; quotation from “Industries”,
Morris Machine Company’s, steam-driven, ills. and des.,
multi-stage, ill. and des.,
the Buffalo, ills. and des.,
the converse of the turbine water-wheel,
vertical, submerged type of, ills. and des.,
directions for erecting and running,
fans used in, ills.,
des.,
history of,
Centrifugal pumps, how to determine right or left-hand pumps,
ills. and des.,
rotary and,
the Worthington, divided into Conoidal, volute and Turbine, des.,
two general types of, ills. and des.,
Centrifugal wheel, ten thousand horse power, ills. and des.,
also 133, Part One.
Chain tongs,
Chlorides deposited in order, des.,
Churning in pumps, causes of,
Churn valvefor feeding the steam fire engine, des.,
purposes of,
Circulating pump, des.,
Circulating pumps, ills.,
des.,
Cistern, def. of,
Cisterns and tanks, table of capacity for,
ball cock attached to,
Cisterns, computation for finding weight of,
contents of round; Table,
diameters of, in decimals of a foot; Table,
rule for finding contents of round; Table,
Clapp & Jones steam fire engine,
Village Engine,
Classification of steam fire engines,
Cleaner, mechanical boiler,
Cleaning carpets and railroad cars and seats, use of vacuum or atmospheric pressure in, des.,
Cleanliness essential,
Clogging of suction, effect of,
Closed pressure tanks, ills. and des.,
Coal, decreasing supply of,
Cock, des., classes of,
ball, ills. and des.,
blow-off, des.,
cylinder, des.,
feed, des.,
four-way, des.,
gage, des.,
oil, des.,
Cock, self-closing, des.,
steam, des.,
stop, des.,
three-way, des.,
Cock, try, des.,
water, des.,
Column of water, pressure of; Table,
Columns, mine pump, ills. and des.,
Compound, boiler, record of results,
Compoundor two-stage compression,
Compoundsfor making pipe joints,
Compressed air, des.,
Compressibility of gases,
Compression, compound, or two-stage,
Compressor, belted duplex air(built by the Allis-Chalmers Co.),
“Imperial” air, des. and ills.,
Norwalk compound, des. and ills.,
Norwalk standard, ills. and des.,
power wall or post air, ills. and des.,
vertical duplex,
Compressors, air, des.,
Computation for finding weight of water in cisterns and tanks,
obtaining the contents of a barrel in gallons,
Miner’s Inch, with ills.,
open stream measurement,
weir dam, water, measurement,
relating to water pumped by windmill,
“Condensation,” def.,
Condenser, def.,
des.,
advantages of,
combined, and feed-water heater, ills. and des.,
cone, ills.,
Conover, ills. and des.,
economy of,
elbow, exhaust and injection, des. and ills.,
exhaust pipe into suction, ills. and des.,
exhaust steam induction, des. and ills.,
Condenser, jet, ills. and des.,
jet type of,
keel, what it consists of,
plant, marine, ills. and des.,
pump, ills. and des.,
Condensers, classification of,
Condenser, surface, ills. and des.,
tube, ills. and des.,
Condensing apparatus, des. and ills.,
engines, early, des.,
Condensing surfacerequired, amount of,
Cone, condenser, ills. and des.,
Conoidal centrifugal pump, the Worthington, why so named, des.,
Conover condenser, ills. and des.,
Construction of the Silsby steam cylinder pump and boiler,
Contamination of waterto be prevented,
Contents, Table of,
Controller, Mullin’s automatic, ills. and des.,
Cooling towers, des.,
Corcoran double actionsuction force pump, des. and ills.,
tank valves,
Corcoran windmill, ills. and des.,
Corrosion, def.,
how prevented,
of boilers, how caused,
Cotton presses, pump for, ills. and des.,
Coupling pipe, ills.,
“Crane-necked” steam fire engine,
Cranes and hoists, use of compressed air in, des.,
Crow, ills. and des.,
Cubic foot, capacity of in gallons.,
Cutter, pipe, ills. and des.,
Cylinder-cock, des.,
Cylinders, contents of, in cubic feet for each foot depth; Table,
relieved before removing head,
Dam, Weir, measurementof water,
Dartunion, ills. and des.,
Davidson marine pump, ills. and des.,
Dean Brothers’twin cylinder air pump, ills. and des.,
Dean automatic duplex steam pump and receiver, ills. and des.,
single sugar-house pump, ills. and des.,
single vertical sinking pump, ills.,
des.,
vacuum pump, ills. and des.,
Deep-well pump, working barrel of,
Deflector, water circulating,
Derangement of duplex pump, broken valve may cause it,
Diagram of discharge openingsof centrifugal right and left-hand pumps,
Dial, to read the, of a water meter, ills.,
Diameters of cisternsin decimals of a foot; Table,
Diaphragm lift and force pump, ills.,
des.,
outfit for,
Diffusion of gases,
vanes of Worthington centrifugal pump, des.,
Direct acting steam single air compressor, ills. and des.,
Disadvantagesin the use of compressed air for operating mining pumps,
Discharge per minuteunder given heads; Table,
Discovery of the advantages arising from the condensation of steam,
Distributing reservoir, def.,
“Doctor” independent pump, ills. and des.,
“Donkey” pump, des.,
Double extra first steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,
tube injector, universal, ills.,
des.,
Drain for steam pipes,
Drain, necessity for,
Draining pump cylinders and pipes,
plugs,
Dredge, elevator, des.,
20-inch hydraulic, ills. and des.,
Dredges, self-propelling and sea-going, des.; note,
Dredging pump, hydraulic, Boggs & Clark, ills. and des.,
Root’s large rotary, ills. and des.,
Drill and pipe tap combined,
Drip cocks, proper location of,
Dry cocks, centrifugal pump, particularly adapted for use in building sewers, in sand dredging,
Duplex pump, delays, avoid by frequent inspections,
derangements of one side,
jerky motion in, cause of,
repairs should be prompt and timely,
screens, important that they be kept clean,
separating chamber requires frequent examination,
suction valves require much attention,
worn parts should be replaced,
Duplex steam pump and receiver, Deane automatic, ills. and des.,
Edison Manufacturing Co.hand mining pump, des.,
Edwards air and vacuum pump, ills. and des.,
Ejector, ills. with a foot strainer,
double tube, ills. and des.,
or exhauster used for priming centrifugal pumps, des.,
ills.,
pump, ills. and des.,
water pressure, ills. and des.,
and injectors,
application of, ills.,
des.,
Elastic fluids, two classes of,
Elasticity, def.,
a property of air,
of all aëriform fluids, def.,
Elbow, condenser, exhaust and injection, des. and ills.,
pipe, ills.,
Elbows, des.,
Electric mining pump, ills., part one,
des., part two,
Elevator, Mason, pump pressure regulator, ills. and des.,
Endicott’s platform springs, des.,
Energy of the steam injector, whence derived, note,
wind as a source of power,
Engines, early condensing, des.,
Engine, steam fire, ills. and des.,
Entering or taper tap, ills. and des.,
Evaporation, def. and laws of,
Eve, J., inventor of Eve’s rotary pump, historical note,
Eve’s rotary pump, des. and ills.,
Exhaust steam induction condenser, des. and ills.,
injector, ills. and des.,
injector, high pressure, ills. and des.,
Exhaust steam, utilizing of; note,
Expansibility of gases, def. and ills.,
Expansion and compression of a body, def.,
Explanations of principles involved in feeding tank,
exposed pipes, precautions against freezing,
Extra first steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,
Failure of pump, how to find cause,
Fans, ills.,
des.,
Feed-cock, des.,
Feeding into bottom of tankrequires less power than top,
Feed-water heater and combined condenser, ills. and des.,
Volz, ills. and des.,
impurities, des., note relating to,
Fifth steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,
Fire engine, Silsby steam, des. and ills.,
steam, ills. and des.,
Fire hose flow of water, how retarded in, des.,
pumps, Holyoke pattern of rotary,
First steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,
Flange joint, ills., and des.,
Flanges, diameters of standard; Table,
standard, bolt circles of; Table,
table of standard sizes,
thickness of standard,
union, des. and ills.,
Float, automatic action of the pump controlled by a, ills. and des.,
Flow of water over Weir dam; Table,
Fluid, particles of,
Flume, mechanism to shut off the water supply of, ills.,
Foot-boardof the steam fire engine, des.,
Foot valveapplied to centrifugal pump,
Forcer of steam injector,
Foundations of tanks,
suitable, precautions for,
Fountain, Hero’s, ills. and des.,
in vacuo, ills. and des.,
Four stage centrifugal pump, ills. and des.,
Fourth steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,
Four-way cock, des.,
Fox boiler, des. and ills.,
Freeman, John R., credit given for table,
Freezing, anti-, device,
of pipe, how prevented, ills. and des.,
Friction, different kinds of pipe,
Friction heads; Table,
in small pipes; Table,
Friction, influence of, on different kinds of pipe,
loss in pounds pressure; Table,
must be kept down,
Frizell system of air lift pumps,
Gage-cock, des.,
Gallon, capacity of,
imperial, capacity of,
Gallons for each foot of length in pipes,
Gases and liquids, properties in common, des.,
compressibility of,
diffusion of,
expansibility of, def. and ills.,
permanent, def.,
pressure exerted by,
weight of, def.,
Gas-fitter’s air proving pump, def. and ills.,
Gates, head, mechanism to raise and lower, ills.,
Gauge, hydraulic, test pump, ills. and des.,
indicating pressure and vacuum, des.,
vacuum, why graduated in inches; note,
Giffard, Inventor of the injector; historical note,
Gould’s rotary pump, ills.,
des.,
Governorand pump, des. and ills.,
Governors, Carr steam pump, ills. and des.,
Governor, Mason pump, ills. and des.,
utility combination pump, des. and ills.,
Governors, pump speed, ills. and des.,
Graduated tank, des.,
Grains, wet, brewers’, how pumped; note,
Graphite as a lubricant, des.,
Graphite, invaluable about studs, nuts, etc.,
mix with oil for hand pump,
use of, on pipe threads,
Gravitation, effect on current of air,
Gravity, a property of air,
Grit, avoid in packing,
Guericke, Otto von, inventor,
Guide vanes of Worthington centrifugal pump, des.,
des.,
Hammer, how best used, des.,
Hand air pumps, des. and ills.,
Harris system of raising water bydirect pressure,
Hayden & Derby Mfg. Co.,
Head gates, mechanism to raise and lower, ills.,
Heads, friction at given rates; Table,
Heat, action of, on particles of bodies,
Heater, noiseless water, ills. and des.,
stationary, for the steam fire engine,
Heron or Hero, account of,
of Alexandria; historical note relating to steam fire engine,
“Hero’s fountain,” invented by Hero of Alexandria,
ills. and des.,
“Hessian Suck,” a form of centrifugal pump, des.,
Hinged valve,
Historical notesand ills. relating to steam fire engine,
History of the centrifugal pump,
Hogshead, capacity of,
Holyoke improved speed governor for water wheels, ills. and des.,
pattern rotary pump,
Horizontal two-stage pump, ills.,
des.,
Hydraulic dredge, 20-inch, ills. and des.,
dredging pump, Boggs & Clarke, ills. and des.,
gauge test pump, ills. and des.,
joints for high pressure, ills. and des.,
Hydraulic lifts and cranes, pump for, des. and ills.,
packing, difficulty in cutting,
pipes, best way to join; Note,
riveting and punching, pump for, ills. and des.,
Hydro-pneumatics,
Ice, expansion of,
Ideal steel tank tower, ills. and des.,
“Impellers,” des.,
Impellers of Worthington centrifugal pump, des.,
Impellers or pistons of rotary pumps, ills. and des.,
“Imperial” air compressor, ills. and des.,
Imperial gallon, capacity of,
Incrustation, des.,
Incrustations of injector pipes, how removed,
Injection, def.,
water of air and vacuum pumps, des.,
Injector, action of,
a gauge indicating both pressure and vacuum for the,
“Injector” condenser, Bulkley, ills. and des.,
Injector, double tube universal, ills.,
des.,
exhaust steam, ills. and des.,
high pressure exhaust steam, ills. and des.,
how to start the exhaust steam,
Korting, des.,
“Manhattan” automatic, ills.,
des.,
Metropolitan double tube, ills.,
des.,
Metropolitan single tube, ills.,
des.,
Monitor, ills.,
des.,
not an economical device,
peerless automatic, ills.,
des.,
peerless, names of parts,
ills.,
peerless, table of pressure and temperature of the,
the exhaust steam,
Injectors and ejectors,
piping of “Manhattan” and peerless, ills. and des.,
rules to govern the actions, etc., of,
table of capacity of,
three distinct types of,
Inspection for causes of failure in starting a pump,
Inspections, internal and external necessary,
Inspirator, des.,
Instructions and suggestions for the steam fire engine,
Interchangeable socket wrench, ills. and des.,
Inter-cooler, the, ills. and des.,
Intermediate tap, ills. and des.,
Interruption of flow by foreign body in suction,
Inverted-cup valve,
Irregularity in duplex pump, cause of,
Irregular speedindicates trouble,
Duty, unsteady discharge requires attention,
“Isochronal” pump, def.,
Jet condenser, ills. and des.,
discovery of,
Jet pump, the, ills. and des.,
type of condenser,
Joint, pipe, compounds for making, recipes,
piping, des. and ills.,
Keel condenser, what it consists of,
Kerosene, effect on pipe joints,
Key valve,
“Kicking down” a well in the early days, ills.,
Knight, E. H., classification of cocks and valves,
Korting injector, pieces composing the, shown in cuts page,
names of the parts,
La France steam fire engine pump, ills.,
des.,
Leakage, indications of,
slight, unimportant,
Leaks, often the cause of failure in starting a pump,
Left and right-hand pumps, customary rule for,
Life of boiler of steam fire engine, how prolonged,
Lifter of steam injector,
Lifting valve,
Lime, carbonate of, in boiler scale,
Liquid air, des.,
Liquids under heavy pressure, pump for delivering, ills. and des.,
Lobes of rotary pump, ills. and des.,
Location for pumps, proper,
Lombard, Nathaniel, pump governor; note,
Lubrication, intermittent, to be avoided,
Lubrication, proper, for packing,
Magdeburg cups or hemispheres, ills. and des.,
Magma sugar pump, ills. and des.,
Magnesia, carbonate of in boiler scale,
salt, etc., in water,
must be removed,
Main feed pump, uses for the,
“Manhattan” automatic injector, ills.,
des.,
Marine pump, Davidson pattern, ills. and des.,
Marine pumps,
Ship’s pump,
“Mariotte’s law”,
Marks of parts necessary,
Maslin automatic steam vacuum pump, ills.,
des.,
Mason elevator pumppressure regulator, ills. and des.,
pump governor, ills. and des.,
pump pressure regulator, ills. and des.,
steam pump with receiver attached, ills. and des.,
water reducing valve, ills. and des.,
“Massachusetts pump,” des.,
Matter, properties of,
Measurements of pipe lines, how to be taken, ills.,
Mechanical boiler cleaners,
Mercury, inches of, def.,
Metallic packings, popular and good,
Meter, water, ills. and des.,
Worthington water, ills. and des.,
Meteorology, def.,
Metropolitandouble tube injector, ills.,
des.,
single tube injector, ills.,
des.,
Mine drainage, adaptation of the turbine pump for,
pump columns, ills. and des.,
Miner’s inch water measurement, ills.,
Mining, Cataract steam pump, ills.,
des.,
Mining pump, double leather, ills.,
des.,
electric, ills., Part One,
des., Part Two,
hand-power, ills.,
des.,
the Cameron vertical plunger sinking, ills.,
des.,
the “Scranton,” ills. and des.,
Mining pumps, des. and ills.,
pumps, an advantage of; note,
note relating to the cost of repairing a half-inch globe valve,
use of compressed air in,
Miscellaneous pumps,
Molecules, repulsive force of,
Monitor injector, ills.,
des.,
Monkey-wrenches, “knife-handle,” ills. and des.,
Morris Machine Company’s centrifugal pump, steam-driven, ills. and des.,
Mud, 20-inch hydraulic dredge for pumping mud, silt, etc.,
Mullin’s Automatic controller, ills. and des.,
Multi-stage centrifugal pump, ills. and des.,
turbine pump, priming of, ills. and des.,
Neck-cap of the modern pulsometer, ills. and des.,
Neck-piece of the modern pulsometer, ills. and des.,
Newcomen, discovery relating to condensation of steam,
Nipple-Holder, pipe, ills. and des.,
Norwalk compound compressor, des. and ills.,
standard compressor, ills. and des.,
note,
Nozzles of steam fire engine,
three types of, in steam injector,
Nuts and screwsmust be kept tight,
Oak-bark, directions for use,
white, used in boilers,
Oil-cock, des.,
Oil, how used in the Cataract steam pump cylinder,
Oil-pipe lines, pump for,
tank steamer pump, ills. and des.,
Packing, care of,
economy of, narrow rings,
for pump plungers,
for pumps, suitable,
how to fit,
must be elastic, never rigid,
for stuffing boxes, badly proportioned, glands too short,
to cut square thinner, des. and ills.,
Paper mills, particularly adapted for use of centrifugal pumps,
Papin, Denis, inventor, account of,
historical note,
Parallel vise,
Parker, Richard Green, quotation,
Peerless automatic injector, ills.,
des.,
Pelton water wheel,
Pilot or auxiliary valve, des.,
Pipe, condenser spray, des.,
connections, proper arrangements of,
cutter, ills. and des.,
fitting, des.,
freezing of, how prevented, ills. and des.,
gas and steam, how measured,
joint, des. and ills.,
telescopic, ills. and des.,
Pipe lines, how measurements are to be taken, ills.,
lines, steam,
Pipe, making up a piece of,
nipple holder, des.,
originally a musical wind instrument,
saddles for quick connections into pipes, ills.,
spanner, ills. and des.,
stock and die, des.,
Pipe, suction, should be drained,
tail, of condenser, ills.,
thickness of standard,
Pipe tongs, ills. and des.,
vise, ills. and des.,
Pipe, wooden, note relating to,
wrench, Trimo, ills. and des.,
advantages and disadvantages of,
Pipes and fittings, note relating to,
exposed, precautions against freezing,
flow of water in cast iron; table,
joints and fittings,
relative advantages of,
Pipes, small, rates of discharge; table,
steam, to properly drain,
strainers for suction, ills. and des.,
Piping of Manhattan and peerless injectors, ills. and des.,
of high pressure exhaust steam injector, ills. and des.,
standard, “extra strong,” double extra strong, ills. and des.,
to remove incrustations from injector,
Piston, Follower type, how packed,
Plug pipe, ills.,
taps, ills. and des.,
Plugs, drain,
Plunger, deep well pump, ills. and des.,
packing, dry, remedy for,
packing, how to apply,
water, how packed, des. and ills.,
Pneumatics,
Pneumatic syringe, ills. and des.,
Pohle, Dr. Julius J., historical note,
system of elevating liquids, ills. and des.,
“Points” relating to the care and management of air compressors,
Portable drilling machines, use of compressed air in, des.,
form of pulsometer and boiler, ills. and des.,
tool, def.,
Ports, reducing capacity of, by substances,
Power of a windmill, what it depends upon,
wall or post air compressor, ills. and des.,
Practical Engineer, ills. of air lift pump from,
Preface,
Pressure, atmosphere, surface condenser exerts,
exerted by gases,
in pounds for every foot up to 300 ft. height, etc.; Table,
of air and gases, def.,
of column of water; Table,
of the atmosphere, def.,
Pressure per square inchin pounds; Table,
reducing valve, ills. and des.,
Prime movers, def.,
Priming methodsadopted to suit centrifugal pumps of various designs, ills. and des.,
Priming, to start,
Propeller pump, the wood, ills. and des.,
Pulsator,
Pulsometer, des. and ills.,
Pulsometer, action of,
a form of vacuum pump,
and boiler in portable form, ills. and des.,
arrangements of, for emptying vats or tanks, ills. and des.,
historical,
important points to be attended to; note,
Pulsometer, suggestions relative to placing of the pump; note,
the modern, ills. and des.,
the original, ills. and des.,
the principal parts of, des. and ills.,
Pump, air, Dean Brothers’ twin cylinder, ills. and des.,
air lift, ills. and des.,
Pump, American, driving mechanism of, ills. and des.,
and governor, des. and ills.,
Buffalo centrifugal, ills. and des.,
centrifugal, diagram of right and left-hand methods of discharge,
centrifugal, four-stage, ills. and des.,
multi-stage, ills. and des.,
vertical, submerged type of, ills. and des.,
Pump, circulating, des.,
columns, mine, ills. and des.,
Conover vacuum, ills. and des.,
Corcoran double action suction force pump, ills. and des.,
Davidson, marine, ills. and des.,
Dean single vertical sinking, ills.,
Dean vacuum, ills. and des.,
deep well, working barrel of,
Pump, differencebetween a hand pump and a windmill pump,
Pump, Edwards’ air, ills. and des.,
ejector, as a form of,
Eve’s rotary, des. and ills.,
Pump, failure in starting, cause,
for salt water evaporator and distiller, ills. and des.,
Pump, gas-fitter’s air proving, def. and ills.,
Gould’s rotary, ills.,
des.,
Pump governor, Mason, ills. and des.,
Nathaniel Lombard, note,
utility, combination, des. and ills.,
Pump governors, Carr steam, ills. and des.,
hand oil, desirable,
“Hessian Suck,” des.,
hydraulic gauge test, ills. and des.,
Pumping water, use of compressed air in, des.,
“Isochronal,” def.,
Maslin automatic steam vacuum, ills.,
des.,
“Massachusetts,” des.,
mining, hand-power, ills.,
des.,
Pump of the Silsby steam fire engine,
portable fire air,
Quimby screw, ills. and des.,
Root’s rotary, ills. and des.,
Pump speed governors, ills. and des.,
steam fire engine, ills. and des.,
American, ills.,
des.,
La France, ills.,
des.,
syphon, ills. and des.,
as attached to steam fire engine, ills.,
the “Ballast,” ills. and des.,
theCameron vertical plunger sinking, ills.,
des.,
theDeane sugar-house, ills. and des.,
the“Doctor” independent pump, ills. and des.,
the injector can be used as a,
the jet, ill. and des.,
theMagna sugar, ills. and des.,
the“Scranton” mining, ills. and des.,
the ship’s,
Taber rotary,
Pumps, air and vacuum, ills. and des.,
air pressure, ills. and des.,
ammonia or acid, ills. and des.,
auxiliary feed, often duplicated,
Byron Jackson Machine Company’s turbine,
Pumps, centrifugal, ills. and des.,
circulating, ills.,
des.,
directions for erecting and running,
fire,Holyoke pattern of rotary,
Pumps, marine,
methods of priming centrifugal pumps,
Pumps, mining,
an advantage of, note,
Pumps, miscellaneous,
of steam fire engine, des. and ills.,
operation of large dredging,
rotary and centrifugal,
Pumps, rotary, ills. and des.,
impellers or pistons of, ills. and des.,
used for pumping thick stuff,
Pumps, sinking, des. and ills.,
“sugar-house”,
Taber rotary,
turbine,
vacuum, single and cross compound double acting,
vacuum, table of arrangement of valves,
wind power, ills. and des.,
Pump, the wood propeller, ills. and des.,
theWorthington pressure, ills. and des.,
theWorthington “wrecking” pump, ills. and des.,
vacuum,Worthington vertical beam, ills. and des.,
Pump, vertical, of theClapp & Jones steam fire engine,
windmill, operation of,
Purification of watereffected by the air lift pump,
Purifying water,
Quimby screw pump, ills. and des.,
Raising sunken vessels, use of compressed air in, des.,
“Rarefaction,” def.,
“Rarefied,” def.,
Ratchet drill, ills. and des.,
Rates of dischargeof small pipes; Table,
Reamer, ills. and des.,
Receiver, use of,
Dean, Mason and Worthington steam pumps with receiver attached, des. and ills.,
Receiving reservoir, def.,
Rectangular surface condenser, the “Admiralty,” des.,
Refrigerating and ice making, use of compressed air in, des.,
Regulator, Mason elevator pump pressure, ills. and des.,
Relieved cylinders, how to proceed,
Remedy for air-bound pumps,
Reservoir, def.,
distributing, def.,
receiving, def.,
Reynolds-Corliss type, valve gear of,
Right and left-hand pumps, how determined,
Rings, how to cut to size,
pattern, to be on hand,
Riveters, use of compressed air in, des.,
Root’s large rotary pumpfor dredging purposes, ills. and des.,
Rotary and centrifugal pumps,
pump driven by steam used for fire purposes, des.,
ills.,
Holyoke pattern,
lobes of, ills. and des.,
type used by the Silsby fire engine designers; sliding abutment of rotary pump, des.,
ills. and des.,
how divided into classes,
impellers or pistons of, ills. and des.,
speed of,
Rotary steam fire engine, Silsby, des. and ills.,
valve,
Rules for approximately determining the size of a windmillto use in pumping,
for obtaining the contents of a barrel in gallons,
for setting of Deane vacuum pump valves,
to govern the actions, etc., of injectors,
Saddles, how attached to pipes, des.,
pipe, substitute for tees,
Sal soda, use of,
Salts, magnesia, etc., in water,
Salt water evaporatorand distiller, pump for, ills. and des.,
Root’s large rotary pump for salt water service,
Sampson windmill, des.,
Sand blasts, use of compressed air in, des.,
large rotary pump for,
or heavy material for pumping, speed of pump to be increased,
Santovio of Padua, Italy, inventor of the pulsometer,
Savery, Thomas, pump, when patented, ills. and des.,
“Scranton” mining pump, ills. and des.,
Screw pump, Quimby, ills. and des.,
Schutte & Koerting Co., combined throttle and quick closing trip valve,
condenser plant, revised by, ills. and des.,
Second steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,
Self-closing cock, des.,
Self-propelled steam fire engines, Amoskeag pattern,
Separators, necessary,
Setting and operating of the Taber pumps,
Ship’s ballast tank, def.,
pump, the,
pump, the “Donkey,” des.,
Shop tools of all kinds, use of compressed air in, des.,
Siamese connectionfor stand pipes,
Sight feed cup, automatic in its operation,
proper place for,
when to fill,
Sight feed, oil cups recommended,
Silsby rotary steam fire engine, des. and ills.,
Sinking caissonsand driving tunnels through silt and soft earth, use of compressed air in, des.,
Sinking or station pump, adaptation of the turbine pump for,
des. and ills.,
Deane single vertical, ills.,
des.,
Size of rings to use,
Sleeve coupling, ills. and des.,
Slide valve,
Slippage, def., causes of,
Socket wrench, interchangeable, ills. and des.,
Spanner, ills. and des.,
Speed controlling device, style A, Mason pump, method of operating, ills. and des.,
Speed governor for water wheels, Holyoke improved, ills. and des.,
pump governors, ills. and des.,
Spray pipe and nozzle, ills.,
Spring valve,
Sprinkler, inside boiler to scatter particles that would otherwise form scale,
Square packings, advantages of,
“Staggered” tube systemused in steam fire engine,
Standard pipe sizes, ills.,
Starting a pump, precautions in,
Steam and air, relative space occupied by,
boiler, feed water impurities, des.,
cock, des.,
cylinders, engines and pumps synonymous, require the same lubrication,
driven centrifugal pump, Morris Machine Company’s, ills. and des.,
end of air and vacuum pumps,
Steam fire engine, ills. and des.,
auxiliary appliances and supplies,
“crane necked,” frame for,
Fox boiler, des. and ills.,
historical notes and ills.,
inner and outer tube system, des.,
instructions and suggestions,
nozzles,
parts of,
pumps, des. and ills.,
pumps, piston rods, exhaust, coal box, etc.,
self-propelled, Amoskeag pattern,
stationary heater for, des.,
suction strainers of, des. and ills.,
table of effective fire streams for,
“thaw-pipe” connected to,
theAhrens,
Steam fire enginepump, the American, ills.,
des.,
theAmoskeag, ills.,
des.,
the boiler, des.,
theClapp & Jones,
theLa France, ills.,
des.,
Steam fire engine, the Silsby rotary, des. and ills.,
appurtenances belonging to,
Siamese connections for,
valve motion of, des.,
Steam induction condenser, exhaust, des. and ills.,
Steam injector, exhaust, ills. and des.,
injectors, three distinct types of,
mains, bracket for supporting of, ills. and des.,
materials for making,
pipe lines,
the proper anchoring and supporting of, ills. and des.,
to properly drain,
Steam pump, Deane automatic duplex, ills. and des.,
Steam shovelof service in raising material,
trap, des.,
Steam, utilizing of exhaust; note,
Stemsvalve, in suction must not leak,
Stock and die pipe, ills. and des.,
Stop-cock, des.,
Stopping at night, precautions for,
Stop valve, necessity of,
Stover Manufacturing Company, makers of the Sampson windmill,
Strainers for suction pipesof steam fire engines,
for suction water pipes, ills. and des.,
suction, of steam fire engine, des. and ills.,
Stress on bolts,
Stuffing boxes, failure under high pressure, cause,
pump end, how lubricated,
Submerged type of centrifugal vertical pump, ills. and des.,
Suction hosefor the steam fire engine, how fitted and carried,
Suction pipeshould be drained,
pipes, strainers for, ills. and des.,
strainers of steam fire engines, des. and ills.,
valves must be well packed,
“Sugar-house” pumps,
pump, the Deane, ills. and des.,
Sugar, action of in boilers,
no action on copper, tin, lead and aluminum,
Suggestions how to find the troublein starting a pump,
Sulphatesdeposited in order, des.,
Surface condenser,
extent of a,
Swivel bench vise, ills. and des.,
Syphon pump, des. and ills.,
Syringe, Pneumatic, ills., and des.,
Taber pumps, directions for settling and operating,
Table ofanalysis of average boiler scale,
arrangement of valves for air and vacuum pumps,
average hourly velocity of the wind in the U. S.,
Bliss-Heath dimensions and capacities of atmospheric pumps,
bolt circles of standard pipe flanges,
Table ofcapacities at varying heights above sea level,
capacities, etc., of the universal double tube injector,
and pipe sizes of sugar-house pumps,
for 20-inch hydraulic dredge,
of “Ballast” pump,
of Boggs & Clarke hydraulic dredging pump,
of Davidson marine pump,
of Deane single sugar-house pump,
of injectors,
of tanks and cisterns,
of the Deane single vertical sinking pump,
of Worthington “wrecking” pump,
Tableof classification of steam fire engines,
of Contents,
of contents of cylinders in cubic feet for each foot of depth,
Table ofdiameters of cisterns in decimals of a foot,
dimensions of noiseless water heater,
of the Bordo blow-off valve,
of water pressure ejector,
Table ofdischarge per minute under given heads,
of effective fire streams,
of flow of water in cast iron pipes,
Table offlow of water over Weir Dam,
friction heads at given rates,
friction heads in small pipes,
friction, loss in pounds pressure,
rates of discharge of small pipes,
parts of the “Imperial” air compressor,
pressure in pounds for every foot up to 300 ft. height, etc.,
Table ofpressure of column of water, per square inch in pounds,
of sizes, capacity, etc., of the Cataract steam pump,
of sizes, etc., of the “Blake” compressor,
sizes and capacities of ejectors,
Table ofstandard sizes of flanges,
test of air and vacuum pumps,
velocity of flow in pipes,
Tables and data,
dimensions and capacities of the Quimby screw pump,
pressure and temperature of the peerless injector,
relating to the sizes and capacities of pumping mills,
Tail pipe of condenser, ills.,
“Take-off” ring of Fox boiler, des. and ills.,
Tank, def. of,
ball cock, operation of, ills. and des.,
closed pressure, ills. and des.,
feeding into top or bottom,
graduated, def.,
hoops, lugs and lock nut nipples, important parts of,
needed strength of a,
valves,
Tanks and cisterns,
table of capacity for,
arrangements of pulsometer for emptying, ills. and des.,
computation for finding weight of,
foundations for,
Tanneries, particularly adapted for use in centrifugal pump,
Tap, ills. and des.,
“Tapping,” des. of process,
Tapping iron furnaces, use of compressed air in, des.,
Tee, beaded malleable iron, ills. and des.,
malleable iron, ills. and des.,
pipe, ills.,
Telescopic pipe joint, ills. and des.,
Temperature of gases,
Ten thousand horse power turbine wheel, ills.,
Test pump, hydraulic gauge, ills. and des.,
“Thaw-pipe” connected to Clapp & Jones steam fire engine,
Theoretical operations of air compressors,
Theory of air lift,
Thermometer, des.,
Thick stuff, the handling of, des.,
Third steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,
Three-way cock, des.,
Throttle and quick closing trip valve, ills.,
des.,
valve, automatic, for boiler feed pump, ills. and des.,
Thud, causes of, in pumps,
Tire air pump,
Tongs, chain,
pipe, ills. and des.,
Tools, def.,
valves and piping,
Towers, cooling, des.,
Transmitting messages through pneumatic tubes, use of compressed air in, des.,
Trap, Anderson steam, des. and ills.,
steam, des.,
Trimo pipe wrench, ills. and des.,
Try-cock, des.,
Tub, des.,
Tube of condenser, ills. and des.,
Tubing, including boiler tubes, how measured,
Turbine pump, multi-stage, how primed, ills. and des.,
Turbine pump, space occupied by; note,
pumps,
Byron Jackson Machine Company’s,
Turbine wheel, ten thousand horse power, ills.,
Two-stage or compounded compression,
Union, Dart, ills. and des.,
flange, ills. and des.,
pipe, ills.,
Universal double tube injector, ills.,
des.,
Uses of compressed air,
Utilities and attachments,
Utility, def. of,
Vacuum, def.,
des.,
chamber necessary for high lifts,
remedy for pounding,
gauge, why graduated in inches; note,
pumps, single and cross compound double acting,
table of arrangement of valves,
table of test,
synonymous with air,
the Conover condenser, ills. and des.,
the Deane, ills. and des.,
the Edwards, ills. and des.,
the Maslin automatic steam, ills.,
des.,
the Worthington vertical beam, ills. and des.,
Valve, def.,
automatic throttle, for boiler feed pump, ills. and des.,
auxiliary or pilot, des.,
Bordo blow-off, ills. and des.,
churn, for feeding the steam fire engine, des.,
connection of,
Valve for Carr steam pump governors, ills. and des.,
gear of the Clapp & Jones Village Engine,
of the Reynolds-Corliss type,
heart created on the principles of,
hinged,
inverted-cup,
key,
lifting,
Mason water reducing, ills. and des.,
Valve motion of steam fire engines, des.,
pressure reducing, ills. and des.,
rotary,
slide,
spring,
throttle and quick closing trip, ills.,
des.,
clogging of, remedy,
“Corcoran” tank,
lift of, important for high pressures,
names, how derived,
Valves of an air compressor, how operated by mechanical means,
rule for setting of Deane vacuum pump,
several classes of,
suction, must be well packed,
Vat, des.,
“Van Duzen’s steam jet pump”; note,
Vapor, def.,
Velocity, average of the wind for the U. S.,
of flow in pipes; Table,
water entering suction,
water in discharge pipes,
relative, of water in large and small pipes,
Vertical duplex compressor,
pump of four-stage turbine, ills.,
des.,
Vise, pipe, ills. and des.,
swivel bench, ills. and des.,
“Volute,” def. of,
centrifugal pump, the Worthington, why so named, des.,
centrifugals, des.,
Volz combination of condenser and feed-water heater, ills. and des.,
Water “Ballast” pump, des. and ills.,
Barometer, how made,
cock, des.,
contamination of, to be prevented,
Weir Dam measurement, des. and ills.,
Water, discharge per minute under given heads; Table,
expansion of, by freezing,
Miner’s Inch, flow of,
Waterhammer, prevention of, ills. and des.,
Water heater, noiseless, ills. and des.,
meter, ills. and des.,
to read the dial of a, ills.,
Worthington, ills. and des.,
Water, open stream measurement,
penetrating force of, under high pressure,
plunger, how packed, des. and ills.,
pressure ejector, ills. and des.,
pressure of column of; Table,
purifying of,
reducing valve, Mason, ills. and des.,
relative velocity of, in large and small pipes,
velocity of, in discharge pipes,
Water wheels, Holyoke improved speed governors for, ills. and des.,
Turbine, ills.,
Water works, mine drainage, adaptation of the turbine pump for,
Wear of parts, inspections necessary,
Weather bureaus, table of the average hourly velocity of wind in the U. S.,
Weight of gases, def.,
Well heads, three styles of, des. and ills.,
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., 75-H. P. induction motor,
Wheeler Condenser and Engineering Co., referred to,
Windmill governor, ills. and des.,
pump, des.,
operation of,
rules for approximately determining the size of,
as a prime mover,
Windmills, note relating to,
the Corcoran, ills. and des.,
Windmill, the power of, upon what it depends,
Windmotors, why so named,
power pumps ills. and des.,
power as a source of energy,
Wind produced by gravitation,
average velocity of, for the U. S.,
Wooden pipe, note relating to,
Wood propeller pump, the, ills. and des.,
Working, improper, to find cause of,
Worthington centrifugal pumpsdivided into Conoidal, Volute and Turbine, des.,
condensing apparatus, operation of,
duplex steam pump with receiver attached, ills. and des.,
pressure pump, the, ills. and des.,
turbine pump, ills. and des.,
vertical beam vacuum pump, ills. and des.,
water meter, ills. and des.,
“wrecking” pump the, ills. and des.,
“Wrecking” pump, ills. and des.,
Wrench, def.,
monkey, ills. and des.,
interchangeable socket, ills. and des.,
single-ended, double-ended, open-ended, box-wrench, des.,
Trimo pipe, ills. and des.,
Zinc, attacked strongly by sugar,