INDEX. ABSOLUTE pressure, 15. Accidents to workmen, 417, 418. Accumulator, the, 112. Acid test for gold and silver, 335. Acid-proof cements, 348. of wheel-gearing, 126. Adamson's flanged seams, 164, 178. Adhesive power of locomotive engines, 66. Admission line of diagrams, 10. Air admitted above the fire in boilers, 165. cooling of pipes by, 202. for apartments, 204. for barracks, 204. for candle-burning, 204. Aluminium bronzes, weight of, 314. bronze, 229, 314, 324. 370. nickel, weight of, 314. sheet, weight of, 311. tubes, weight of, 312. Angle iron beams, 267. iron, length to make a hoop, 292. iron, weight of, 294. of clearance of lathe tools, 210. of cutting of lathe tools, 210. of lathe centres, 210. of safety-valve seats, 184 Angular velocity, 120. Animals, power and weight of, 4. floor and cubical space for, 204. -corrosive paint, 354. -friction grease, 345. -friction metal, 234, 235. for churches, 204. for coal-burning, 187. for hospitals, 204, 205. for mines, 205. 309. for oil-burning, 204. for prisons, 204. for public buildings, 204. per head, 204. for respiration, 204. vessel for pumps, 91, 95. warm, for heating, 203. weight of, 205. Air, increase of volume of, by heat, 205. mean temperature of, 412. properties of, 412. Alloys, for fusible plugs, 235. fusible, 235, 236. melting point of, 236. of copper and tin, 229-233. -friction metal plates, weight of, -friction metal tubes, weight of, 318. -rust metal, 232. metals, weight of, 309. Antimony, 325, 336. Antique bronze, 242. Application for patents, 415, 416. Approximates, decimal, 406, 407. Area of chimneys, 187. of cylinders, 38, 63, 69. of cylinders for compound engines, 63. Bands, cotton, 155. leather, 154, 155. Band-saws, speed of, 212. Band-saw blades, strength of, 212. cast iron, 264, 268. flitch, breaking loads on, 273. wrought iron, 265. Bearings, alloys for, 229-232. metals, various, 229-235. pressure on, 143 of shafting, distance between, 142, 144. of water-wheels, 107. self-lubricating, 345. Bed, engine, 49. Beech, strength of, 325, 370. Bell clappers, 233. metal for small bells, 233. metal for church, &c., bells, 233. Bells, thickness of metal of, 233. Belts, cements for, 353. cotton, strength of, 155.. dressing for, 346. for damp places, 156. friction of, 156. india-rubber, 156. linen, 156. leather, rules for, 154, 155. leather, strength and weight of, 155. pulleys for leather, 151–154. pulleys for rope, 126. pulleys for wire rope, 156., waterproof, 156. Bends in water-pipes, effect of, 109. Bessemer steel, 101, 250, 260, 291, 338. steel, weight of, 291. Bevel wheels, power of, 123, 127. B. G. gauge for sheet and hoop-iron, 289. Bills of exchange, notes on, 414. Birmingham, Stubs, American, and French, wire gauge, weights of metal to, 305. Bismuth, 237, 336. Bismuth solders, 237. Blackboards, paint for, 354. Black finish for brass work, 241, 242. Block-tin tubes, weight of, 286. Blueing and colouring metals, 240, 241, 242. bursting-pressure of, 179, 180. cements for covering, 112, 352. evaporation, 161. factor of safety of, 179. firing instructions, 190. Boiler fittings, 165, 190. Boilers, flat surface staying, 165, 166. Boiler flues, 165, 187. flues, collapsing pressure of, 179, 181, heating surface, 167. Boilers, horse-power of Cornish, 166. Boiler incrustation, 189. Boilers, Lancashire, 160-169. Boiler-plates, iron, loss of strength of, at plates, nickel steel and carbon steel compared, 339 plates, iron, strength of, 176, 259. plates, iron, weight of, 282, 289. plates, steel, 176, 260, 291, 339. Boilers, portable, proportions and weight of, 172. return tube, proportions and weight Boiler rivets, pitch of, 280. rivets, test for, 261. rivets, weight of, 303. Boilers, riveted joints of, 176, 177, 178, rules for the weight of, 174. Boiler safety-valves, 182-186. scale, 189. setting, 165. shells, 161, 162. Bolts, nuts and washers, weight of, 283. for foundations, 284. strength of, 284. weight of, 283. Bore of guns, size of, 302. Boring machines, 211: power for, 330. metals, speed for, 208, 209. Brake-Horse-Power, 5. bars, weight of, 229, 301. bronzing, 242. casting, 228, 229. effect of rolling, 230. foundry receipts, 344. lacquering, 242, 243. melting, 228. mixtures of metal for, 229-232. naval, 232, 306, 307. polishing, 239. red, 232. 371. strength of cements and concrete for, strength of bricks for, 371, 372. working loads on foundations for, 369. Bulk or stowage capacity of various mate- Burnishing steel and other metals, 239. Bursting pressure of boilers, 179, 180. pressure of hydraulic cylinders, 111. Bursting pressure of spherical shell, 179. Bushes, special metal for, 229-232. chilled, 227. columns, 278, 279. cylinders, weight of, 297, 298. girders, 267, 268. pipes, bursting pressure of, 101. 102. socket pipes, pressure in, 102. various mixtures of, 227. weight of a square foot of, 292. Cast-steel castings, 127, 370. iron, foundry receipts, 344. measuring patterns for, 276. rules for finding the weights of, 275. Cementation, 338. Cements and concrete for buildings, strength for cast-iron, 353. for the laboratory and workshop, over 100 in number, 348-352. Centre of gyration, 120. Centre-weighted governors, 32, 33. Centres of lathes, 210. of rivets of boilers, 280. of rivets of girders, 269. Centrifugal force, 30: of fly-wheels, 52. pumps, 96. Centripetal force, 30. Chains and ropes, 262-264. Change-wheels, tables of, for screw cutting, 219-225. weight of, 295. saws, speed of, 212. Circumferential velocity, 120. Cisterns, contents of, 86, 87, 331, 332. stock sizes of, 331, 332. Clay covering for pipes, &c., 112, 318. brass and silver, 344. Coal, 160, 360. Cocks, proportions of, 97. and valves for steam, metal for, 231. Coins, metal for, 233, 335. weight of, 335. Coke, 161; for melting cast-iron, 208. Colouring drawings, 357. metals, 240-244. Column of water, weight of, in pump Columns, hollow, 279. of water, 86, 90, 98, 105. Combustion of fuels, 160. Composition for covering steam boilers and for scale in steam boilers, 189. for taking impressions and casts, 344. of glass, 366. of iron, 366. of paints, 354. of sea-water, 194. of slag of furnaces, 367. of steel, 339. of water, 85. of varnishes, 354, 355. Copper, alloys of, 229-232. bars, weight of, 301. bronzing, 242. flanges for pipes, alloy for, 232. |