The Practical Examinator on Steam and the Steam Engine: with Instructive References Relative Thereto: Arranged for the Use of Engineers, Students, and Others

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H.C. Baird, 1865 - 143 pages

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QUESTION PAGE 21 Refrigerator to estimate effects of
23
Boilers capacities of c
24
Safetyvalve what it is
25
Safetyvalve how to calculate
26
Area of valve how to calculate
27
Area of valve unit of
28
Safetyvalves two or more instead of one
29
Steam indicated pressure of
30
Vacuum what it is
31
Steam quantity of water for condensation
32
Condensation of elevated steam
33
Steamengine duty and power of
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Steam elastic force of by expansion
35
Steam cut off
37
Steamslide or slidevalve
38
QUESTION PAGE 50 Steamslide lap of
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Steamslide lead of
40
Eccentric throw of
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Eccentric rod to adjust
42
Beam sidelevers and so on
43
Beam versed sine to find
44
Parallel motion to set
45
Steamengine velocity of
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Steam uniform elastic force of
47
Indicator application of
48
Indicator diagram to calculate
50
Indicator force of steam by
51
Steam and water volumes of
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QUESTION PAGE 79 Coals evaporating powers of
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Effects of heat upon liquids
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Effects of heat upon air gases c
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Metals conducting powers of
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Radiation of heat
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Effects of increased heat
67
Safetyvalve to load
68
Equilibriumvalve c
69
Capacity and density of bodies
70
Comparative weights of balls
71
Tallow to find amount of
72
Lubrication what meant by
74
Quantity of water for condensation
75
Cold water pump to estimate
76
Air pump to estimate
77
Weight of flywheel to find
78
QUESTION
80
Relative state of piston and exhaustion
101
Locomotive engines to estimate
112
Squares cubes square and cube roots of numbers
116
Gravity specific gravity
118
Hyperbolic logarithms
122
Centre of gyration
124
Expansion of air by heat
128
Capillary attraction
130
Weights of plate and sheet iron
135
Temperature by thermometers
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&c.—Continued amount application Area Art of Dyeing atmospheric body boiler calculations capacity CAREY centisimi centre cents Charles O'Neill Chemistry Circum Circumferences Coal Coal Tar Colors condensing engine Copper Cotton Cube Roots cubic feet cubic foot cubic inches cylinder cylindrical inches dense steam distance divide dollar Dussauce Dyeing eccentric edition effect elastic force Engravings equal exhausting-port expansion Fahrenheit florins fresh water gallons given gravity heat hence horse-power Illustrated Iron length of stroke lever Lineal Logarithms Machinery Mechanical mercury Metals milreis motion Mulhouse multiply Number OLIVER BYRNE pendulum Phosphorus piston Plate pounds per square Practical Treatise pressure of steam quantity quotient radius Receipts revolutions per minute Rules and Practical square inch Square Roots statute miles Steam cut steam in pounds steam-engine stroke Suppose surface Table of Hyperbolic Table of Squares valve vapour velocity volume of steam water wheels Weight in pounds Woolen yards Young Fustic

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Practical Examinator on Steam and the Steam Engine: with Instructive References Relative Thereto: Arranged for the Use of Engineers, Students, and Others
Practical series
AuthorWilliam Templeton
PublisherH.C. Baird, 1865
Original fromHarvard University
Digitized27 Sep 2007
Length143 pages
  
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