Griffin's New Guides to the Board of Trade Examinations for Marine Engineers, Volume 1C. Griffin, limited, 1912 - Marine engineering |
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actual slip allowed Board of Trade boiler boiler pressure bottom bunker calculated candidate cast iron cent centre circular inches coefficient condenser consumption crank cubic feet cubic inch cut-off cwts density diameter distance divide draught engine evaporation Fahrenheit feed water Find following equal foot of fire-grate foot-pounds force formula fraction gallons gross pressure H.P. cylinder I.H.P. per hour indicated horse-power indicator diagram joint knots per hour length lever load logarithm mean effective pressure mean pressure multiplied pence piston piston-rod pitch plate pound of coal pound of steam pressure per square propeller pull pump radius revolutions per minute rivets safety valve salinometer salt screw sea water shaft shear ship speed square feet square foot square inch stay steam pressure steamer stress stroke surface surface condenser temperature tensile stress thick thrust tons of coal triple-expansion engine tubes units of heat velocity vessel volume
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Page ix - He will be required to make an intelligible hand sketch or a working drawing of one or more of the principal parts of...
Page vii - In addition to the workshop service as above described, or the alternate sea service, the candidate must have spent 18 months at sea as Engineer on regular watch on the main engines of a foreign-going ship propelled by internal combustion engines of not less than 500 indicated horsepower or 373 brake horsepower, or 27 months in a similar home trade vessel. (c) He must write a legible hand and have a good knowledge of arithmetic up to and including vulgar and decimal fractions...
Page ix - He must be able to calculate safety-valve pressures, and the strength of the boiler. (e. ) He must be able to state the general proportions borne by the principal parts of the machinery to each other.
Page vii - He must be able to give a description of boilers, and the methods of staying them, together with the use and management of the different valves, cocks, pipes, and connections. (d) He must understand how to correct defects from accident, decay, &c., and the means of repairing such defects.
Page xix - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page vii - He must understand how to correct defects from accident, decay, &c., and the means of repairing such defects. (e.) He must understand the use of the barometer, thermometer, hydrometer, and salinometer.
Page 316 - To Divide One Number by Another, Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and obtain the antilogarithm of the difference.
Page xx - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard...