INDEX
Reading edition
A
Acetylene, gas burner, 302
gas machine, the Colt, 300
machines, 295
generators, types of, 297
stoves, 304
Air conditioning, 240
cooling plants, 244
discharged by a flue, 225
eliminators, 35, 36
properties of, table, 199
tester, the Wolpert, 233
valves, 19
Alcohol, sad irons, 289
table stoves, 293
Annunciators, 346
Anthracite, graphitic, 186
Atmospheric humidity, 196
B
Backventing, of plumbing, 105
Bathroom, 97
Bathtubs, 98
fixtures for, 100
Bibb, compression flange, 89
flange, 89
Fuller, 89
hose, 89
lever handle, 90
screw, 89
self-closing, 90
solder, 89
wash-tray, 91
Boiler, at end of season, 79
cast-iron, 19, 20, 38
cylindrical form of, 38
house heating, 19, 24
rules for management of, 77
sheet-metal, 19
Boiler, steam, rules for management of, 78
the house-heating steam, 19
Boyle’s law, definition, 161, 272
Briquettes, 189
British thermal units, 4
for one cent, 190
B.t.u., 2, 32, 182, 185
Burglar alarms, 344
Buzzers, 344
C
Candle, foot, 313
Hefner, 310
power, 310
horizontal, 310
spherical, 311
Cellar drain, 84
Cell, Pilot, storage battery, 370
Cesspools, 169
Charcoal, 188
Check-draft damper, 24
Chimney flue, the right, 79
Chimneys, “smokey,” 80, 81
Cisterns, filters for, 152, 153
galvanized iron tanks as, 152
rain-water, 151
wooden, 152
Clinkers, 72, 73
Close-nipples, 28
Coal, 182
anthracite or hard, 183, 193
bituminous or soft, 184
burning soft, 75
calorific value of typical American, 192, 193
cannel, 186
coking, 184
comparative value of, 189
free burning, 75
Coal, fusing-coking, 75
grades of soft, 184
pea size, 76
price of, 190, 191
semi-bituminous, 186, 193
Cocks, basin, 92
bibb, 88
corporation, 87
curb, 87
Fuller, 91
bibb, 89
repairs for, 91
pantry, 93
sill, 93
stop and drain, 88
stop and waste, 87
Code, national electric, 371
Coke, 76, 188
gas, 188
Column, the water, 22
Condensation, water of, 6, 10, 11, 15, 35
Conductors, 374
Cord, lamp, 363
portable, 363
Current, alternating, 332
direct, 332
D
Damper, ash-pit, 59
check-draft, 24, 67, 69, 70
direct-draft, 59, 61, 67
regulator, 59, 60
combined thermostat and, 67
for hot-water furnaces, 61, 62
for steam boiler, 60, 78
Design, heating plant, 44
Devining rod, 137
Dew-point, 209
to determine the, 212
Dim-a-lite, 323
Door bells, 342
Draft, economy of good furnace, 70
hand, regulation, 59
induced, 69
Drip-cock, 23
Dry cells, 354
E
Electric annunciators, 346
batteries, 354
battery formation, 358
testers, 360
burglar alarms, 344
buzzers, 344
conductors, 362
door bell, 342
dry cell, 355
flat-iron, 326
fuse plugs, 334, 337
generating plants, 363
heaters, 338
heating devices, 305
lamp cord, 362
lamps, Gem, 306
incandescent, 306
motors, 332
panel, 336
range, 340
signals, 341
stoves, 339
table pushes, 346
toaster, 330
Electrical measurements, units of, 317
Electricity, 305
Eliminator, air, 35, 36
Evaporation as a cooling agent, 243
F
Filaments, carbon, 308
incandescent lamp, 306, 307
tungsten, 307
Fire-box, 19, 20, 54
Firing, first day, 73
in moderate weather, 74
in severe weather, 74
night, 72
Fixtures, bathroom, 105
kitchen and laundry, 94
Flat-iron, electric, 326
Flues, furnace, 55
Flush tanks, 110
details of construction, 112, 113
low down, 111
Foot-candle, 313
Frost prediction, 212
Fuels, comparative value of coal to other, 189
danger from gaseous and liquid, 294
heating values of domestic, 252
moisture in, 194
Furnace, cast-iron, 54
firing, general rules for, 70
times of day for, 72
location of, 54
the hot-air, 51, 52
construction of, 52
Furnace-gas leaks, 54
Fuse plugs, 334
G
Gage, Bourdon type of, 23
electrified Bourdon spring pressure, 36
glass, 22, 40, 161, 162
steam, 22
water, 22
Gas, acetylene, machines, 295
all-oil water, 251
Blau, 251
burner, Bunsen, 275
open-flame, 278
coal, 250
lamps, mantle, 274, 276, 277
lighters, 302
measurements of, 253
meter dials, reading of, 255, 256
meters, 254
prepayment, 256
Pintsch, 251
service rules, 256, 257
ranges, 258
water, 251
Gases, heating values of, 252
Gasoline, 250
Beaumé test of, 261
Gasoline, boulevard lamp, 287
central generator plants for use of, 282
cold process system of lighting with, 264, 265
gas lamps, 286
gravity test of, 262
hollow-wire system of lighting and heating with, 269
lamps, inverted mantle, 279
portable, 280, 281
lighting and heating with, 259, 264
regulation and sale of, 261
sad irons, 289
stoves, burners for, 288
Gate valve, 94
Globe valve, 93
angle, 94
Grate surface, 53
Gravity system, low pressure, 6, 15
H
Heaters, combination hot-air and hot-water, 56
direct and indirect, 28
furnace hot-water, 122
instantaneous, 123
tank, 121
wash boilers, 96
Heating, C. A. Dunham’s system of vapor, 34, 35
direct indirect, 30
hot-water, 26
indirect method of, 29, 30
low pressure system of, 5, 6
overhead or drop system of steam, 14
system of hot water, 44
plants, management of, 70
separate return system of steam, 13
single pipe system of steam, 6, 12, 15
steam, 26
surface of furnaces, 56
Heating, radiators, 26
two pipe system of steam, 6, 10, 11, 15
Heat, of vaporization, 2
specific, 37
Hot-air furnace, 61
Hot-water heaters, 38
House drain, 82
Humidifying apparatus, 215
plants, 242
Humidity, absolute, 196
atmospheric, 196
control, 244
of the air, 196
relative, 197, 204
Hydraulic ram, 154
double acting, 157
single acting, 155
Hydrometer, storage battery, 368
Hygrodeik, 206
Hygrometer, 204
dial, 208
I
Illumination, 313
intensity of, 314
quantity of, 314
K
Kerosene, 263
legal tests for, 263
L
Lamp, base, the Edison, 311
cord, 363
labels, 312
Lamps, boulevard, 287
carbon filament, 311
central-generator gas, 286
daylight, electric, 324
gas-filled electric, 324
incandescent electric, 306
mantle, 276
inverted-mantle gasoline, 279
Lamps, Mazda, 310
miniature electric, 320, 325
portable, gasoline, 280
tantalum, 306
tungsten-filament, 306
turn-down electric, 321
Lights, drop, 383
flash, 326
pilot, 383
Lignite, 186
Lumen, 313
O
Outlet boxes, 373
Overflow pipe, 45
Overheated water, 47
P
Peat, 187
Pilot light, 375
Pipes, covering, 33
eliminator, 36
flow, 57
openings stopped, 113
overflow, 40, 41
return, 6, 10, 57
supply, 6, 10
Plant, hot-water heating, 37
steam heating, 1, 5
Plug receptacles, 378
Plumbers friend, 113
Plumbing, 81
rough, 82
Pneumatic motor valve, 237
radiator valve, 237
Polluted water, 134
Pollution of wells, 134
Pressure, absolute, 4
gage, 4
tank, 162
vapor, 35, 36
Properties of steam, 3
Psychrometer, 207
Pump, force, the, 146
lift, the, 144
tank, 146
Pumps, 144
chain, 151
deep well, 150
for driven wells, 150
priming of, 145
well, 148
wooden, 148
R
Radiating surface, 1, 21, 22, 27
Radiators, air vent on, 77
connections, 10, 47
corner, 28
finishings, 31
forms of, 26
hot-water, 28, 49
rules for proportioning, 24, 25
single column, 28
pipe, 10, 15
three column, 28
to control, 79
wall, 28
water-filled, 15
Range boilers, 115
blow-off cock, 118
double heater connections for, 119
excessive pressure in, 117
horizontal, 119
location, 118
Reflectors, 315
choice of, 316
focusing, 316
holoplane, 315
intensive, 316
Registers, rules for proportioning, 55
Regulator, combined thermostat and damper, 67
damper, 59, 60, 67
draft, 24
temperature, 59, 67
Riser, 6, 10
S
Sad irons, alcohol, 292
gasoline, 289
Safety valve, 24, 44, 47, 67
Septic tank, 170
and anaerobic filter, 174
automatic siphon for, 176
concrete, 179
limit of efficiency of, 178
Universal Portland Cement Co., 179
with sand-bed filter, 171
Sewage, 168
disposal, 168
purification, 168
Sewer, 82, 85
gas,114
Short circuiting, 334
Sitz bath, 98
Slicing bar, 72
Slugging, 15
Soil pipe, 84, 107
Soot pocket, 80
Stand pipe eliminator, 36
Steam temperatures, 4
Stop-cock, 46
Stove, acetylene, 292
gasoline, 288
putty, 54
Surface, grate, 53
air-heating, 53
Surging, 15
Switch, automatic door, 378
heater, 380
local, 382
service, 381
System, high-pressure hot-water, 41
low-pressure gravity, 6
hot-water, 38
overhead or drop, 14
separate return, 13
single pipe, 8
two pipe, 10
T
Table, air discharged from flues, 229
required for ventilation, 220
calorific value of American coals, 192
Table, dew-point, 210, 211
frost prediction, 214
heating values of coals, 93
gases, 252
wood, 187, 188
hot-air furnaces, 51
registers, 51
lumens per watt, 314
prices of fuels, 191
properties of air, 199
steam, 3
radiators, sizes of, 27
record of evaporation from hot-air furnace, 217
relative heating values of domestic fuel, 252
humidity, 202, 203
sizes of hard coal, 183
heating mains, 26
hot-air furnaces, 51
soft coal, 184
thermal units for one cent, 190
Table pushes, 346
Tank heaters, 121
expansion, 38, 40, 41, 45, 46, 47
Telephones, intercommunicating, 340
Temperature regulation, 59
hand, 59
pneumatic, 234
Thermostats, 62, 67
controllers, 62, 63
electric, 62
motor, 64
National Regulator Co., 235, 236
pneumatic, 62
time attachment, 63
Transformers, bell-ringing, 347
lamp, 316
Traps, Bower, 103
clean sweep, 103
drum, 103, 105
for bathroom fixture, 102, 103
inside, 83
non-siphoning, 105
outside, 83
sewer for house drains, 82
siphoning, 106
S, 103, 104
Try-cocks, 22, 23
Tungsten, 307
U
Union joint, 18
V
Vacuum, 5
Valve, air, 79
angle, 18
check, 42, 43
definition of, 88, 93
disc, 19
globe, 93
hot-water radiator, 49
Ohio hot-water, 49
on cellar mains, 78
safety, 24, 44, 47
steam radiator, 18
stem, 19
Valves, definition of, 93
globe, 93
Vaporization, heat of, 2
Ventilation, 219
apparatus, 239
by direct method of heating, 31
by indirect method of heating, 31
cost of, 230
De Chaumont standard of, 219
mechanical, 237
of dwellings, 222, 223, 224
Plenum method of, 239
quantity of air required for, 220
Vents, air, 16, 45, 48, 49
automatic air, 16
hot-water air, 50
Monash No. 16 air, 16
pipe, 83
radiator, 16
sewer, 85
the Allen float, 16
Voltage variation, effect of, 321
W
Wash stands and lavatories, 101
Waste stack, 84, 85
Water, ammonia in, 130
analyses, 126
artesian, 128
back, 115
chlorine in, 133
closets, 108
siphon-jet, 108
washdown, 109
washout, 108
frost, 115
hammer, 9, 15
hardness in, 131
iron in, 131
lift, 165
medical, 128
of condensation, 11
organic matter in, 130
overheated, 121
Pokegama, 127
polluted, 133
river, 127
seal, 83
softening with hydrated silicates, 132
supply, 87, 125
electric power, 164
plants, domestic, 158
gravity, 158
power, 163
pressure tank system of, 160
wind power, 164
table, 137
Wattmeter, periodic tests of, 354
readings, 352
recording, 350
state regulation of, 353
to read the, 350
Well, the ideal, 140
Wells, artesian, 140
bored, 141
breathing, 143
cleaning of, 142
concrete coverings for, 140
construction of, 138
curbing of, 136, 140
cylinders for tubular, 151
driven, 141
dug, 139
flowing, 138
freezing, 144
gases in, 142
open, 139
peculiarities of, 143
safe distance in the location of, 135
selection of the type of, 138
surface pollution of, 135
Wiped joints, 107
Wire annunciator, 353
Wiring, electric light, 372
Wood, 187
heating value of, 187