THE INDEX to Part One of Rogers Pumps and Hydraulics.
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Accumulator, an, des., 151
hydraulic, ills. and des., 171-173
rule for calculating capacity of, 172
Acid, muriatic, specific gravity of, 96
sulphuric, specific gravity of, 96
Adjustment of the slide valves of the underwriter steam fire pumps, 360
Advantages of a duplex pump as a fire pump, 351
Aëriform fluids, des., 15
Air, des., composition of, 15, 16
and vacuum chambers for the underwriter pump, 381
Practically the reverse of each other, 221
Air-bound, def., 17
Air chamber of pump, ills., 223
chambers, ills. and des., 220
Air-cock, def., 17
Air, gravity and elasticity of, 16
Air pump, 13
and electric motor, ills. and des., 271
valve, marking of, for the underwriter pump, 385
Alcohol, specific gravity of, 96
Alcometer, def., 94
Allen, Frank, annotations, IV, VIII
Alternating motor, des. and ills., 252
Ammeters, des. and ills., 256
Ampere, def., 256
Angle for crank positions of duplex, triplex and quadruplex pumps, 230
of check valve, ills. and des., 227
Animal power, 187
Animals, when drinking are natural bellows pumps, Note, 199
Annular valve, def., 17
Antimony, specific gravity of, 96
Apparatus, hydraulic, def., 157
Archimedes and the hydrostatic balance, 93
Area, def., 17
Armature, des. and ills., 247, 251
Armored pump valves, ills. and des., 217
Armstrong, Sir William, designer of the hydraulic accumulator, 171
Arsenic, specific gravity of, 96
Asphalt, melted, raised by pumps, 188
Assembling, def., 17
Atmospheric electricity, 245
pressure, def., 17
Attraction, capillary, def., 103
of gravitation, 85
Auxiliary, def., 17
Bag pump, ills. and des., 198
Balanced valve, def., 18
Ball check-valve, def., 18
Barrel or cylinder of a pump, des., 189
ills., 195
Base of hand pump, ills., 195
Basket, def., 18
Battery, how indicated by the signs + and -, 261
Bellows-pump, illustrated and des., 186, 198, 199
Belted pumps, des. and ills., 225
Belt-pumps, hydraulic, 200
pumps, why so called, 187
Bends, def., 18
Bethesda, pool of, historical def., 49
Bibb-cock, def., 18
Blakeslee steam pump, ills. and des., 299-301
Bodies soluble in water, how weighed, 94
Boiler feed pump duplex power, ills. and des., 230-231
pumps, ills. and des., 225-234
table of capacity of, 226
Boiling point of water, 76
Bolt-extractor, des. and ills., 164
Bolts and stubs to be used in the underwriter steam fire pump, 356
Bonnets, def., 18
ills., 223
Boss, def., 19
Boulton, Matthew, inventor of hydraulic ram note, 175
Bourdon spring, of metallic barometer des., 115-116
Bounarbashi fountains of, historical def., 50
Braden pump valve, ills. and des., 215-216
Bramah, time of his invention of the hydraulic press, 169
Brass, specific gravity of, 96
Breast, water wheel des. and ills., 122
Brick, specific gravity of, 96
Bronze, specific gravity of, 96
Brotherhood three cylinder hydraulic engine, 150-152
Brushes, dynamo, des. and ills., 251, 262
Buckets, gaining and losing, historical, des. and ills., 59, 60
part of water wheel, 130
Buffalo single cylinder pump, ills. and des., 319-321
Burnham steam pump, ills. and des., 324-326
Bushing, def., 19
Caffee, Alberto H., dedication of work to, V
Calabash, des., 38
Cameron steam pump, ills. and des., 295, 296
Capacity of a pump, depends upon speed, etc., 353-354
Capacity plate of the underwriter steam fire pump, 355
Capillary attraction, def., 103
facts and ills., 103, 104
note, containing examples of, 104
Care and management of electric pumps, 268
Carlyle, quotation, IV
Cases for turbines, des. and ills., 136
Castor oil, specific gravity of, 96
Cauldron, ills., 35
Centrifugal pump and electric motor, ills. and des., 272
pumps, why so called, 188
Chain of pots, des. and ills., 63
pumps, why so called, 187
Chambers, air and vacuum for the underwriter pump, 381
Charcoal, specific gravity of, 96
Check-nut, def., 19
valve, def., 19
office of, 388
of the underwriter pump, method of use, 387, 388
wing pattern, ills. and des., 227
Chemicals, pump for handling, ills. and des., 233
Chinese windlass, des. and ills., 47, 62
“Chutes” of water wheel, ills., 139
Circuit breakers, 255
Circulating pump, def., 19
Clack valve, def., 19
Classification of pumps, 185
Clay, specific gravity of, 96
Clearance, def., 19
space of the underwriter steam fire pump, 356
Clepsydra, des. and ills., 39
Coal, specific gravity of, 96
Cock, def., 19
Cocks, drain, for the underwriter pump, 390
Coefficient of friction, def., 99
Collecting-brushes, part of dynamo, 248
Column pipe, def., 19
Commutator, ills. and des., 247, 262
bars, des. and ills., 251
Compensator, 256
Compound duplex pumps, with the Deane switch valves, 343
steam pumps, 65
Compounding, what it consists of, 335
Compression gauge cock, def., 20
Compton hydraulic motor, des. and ills., 153
Computation of capacity of the underwriter fire pump, method of, 353-354
Computation relating to specific gravity of various bodies, 95-98
relating to the velocity of falling bodies, 89, 90
Conditions of service required of a pump, 224
Cone, discharge, of the underwriter pump, I, 384
Construction of the water ends of single cylinder and duplex pumps, 209
Contents, Table of, part one, 15
Controllable valve arrangement, des. and ills., for underwriter pump, 386
Copper, specific gravity of, 96
Copyright, page, VIII
Cork, specific gravity of, 96
Corliss valves applied to the Riedler belt driven pumps, 240
Cornish (engine) pump, des., 65
pumping engines, history of, 65
Corrosion, def., 20
Covers, valve springs and guards for the underwriter pump, 376
Crane, Anglo-Saxon, historical ref. and ills., 48
Cranes, lifts and hydraulic, 180
Crow, def., 20
Cup leather packing, 20, 154, 190
Current delivered from a dynamo, how reversed, 264
Current electricity, 244
Current water wheel, des. and ills., 123
Cushioning, def., 20
Cushion valves of the underwriter fire pump, 362
Cylinder head or cylinder cover, def., 20
of hydraulic jack, des. and ills., 158, 159
or barrel of a pump, des., 189
pumps, why so called, 188
Cylinders for the water end of the underwriter steam fire pump, 367
of the underwriter fire pump, thicknesses of, 356
Davidson steam pump, ills. and des., 287-289
Dead end of a pipe, def., 20
Dean Bros. pump, ills. and des., 326-328
Deane single acting triplex power pump, 234
switch valve, special features of, 34
steam pump, ills. and des., 317-319
Dedication of work, V
Delivery valves of the underwriter pump, 376
Dial of pressure gauge of the underwriter pump, how marked, 382
Diaphragm pumps, why so called, 187
Direct acting duplex steam pump, des., 69
pumps, des., 66-68
Direct current motor, des., 249
Discharge cone of the underwriter pump, 384
pipe connection, ills., 223
how made, 204
Disk or disc, def., 20
Domestic electric pumps, ills. and des., 269
Double acting power pump, with 4 check valves, ills. and des., 227
pumps, how they do their work, 187, 188
pump, when invented, 53
Double-eye or knuckle joint, def., 20
seated poppet valve, def., 21
Drafting water, des., 21
Draft tube of a water wheel, des., 135
Drain cocks for the underwriter pump, 390
Drip-pipe, des., 21
Driven or tube wells, 202
Dry steam, def., 286
Duct, def., 21
Duplex fire pump, shop name and shop number required on plate attached to underwriters, 355
underwriters steam end, 356-366
oil pumps, ills. and des., 339
power pump not to be confounded with “Duplex pumps”, 230
pump, ills. and des., 331-398
outside packed plunger pattern for high pressure, 341
setting valves of, 338
pumps, history of, 65, 69
only acceptable for fire pumps, 351
with Deane switch valve, 343
Worthington admiralty pattern of, ills. and des., 337
steam fire pump, underwriters, water end of, 367-380
steam pump, important note, 333
valve motion, 333-334
underwriters steam, fire pump, 343-398
“Dutchman,” def., 21
“Duty” of pumps, def., 20
Dynamics, def., 245
Dynamo, def., 247
early Edison type, 248
electric current from a, how reversed, 264
five principal parts, 247
when it becomes a motor, 260
Dynamometer, turbine, des., 128
Eccentrics of the triplex power pump, how set, 232
Edison dynamo, early type, 248
Efficiency of an electric pump, 268
Efflux of water under pressure, 105-113
Elbow, def., 21
shown in piping, ills. and des., 223
Electric circuit breakers, 255
Electric current, action of, 257
from a dynamo, how reversed, 264
Electric drive for fire pumps, ills. and des., 273
house tank pumping plant, ills. and des., 269
Electricity and electrical machinery, 243
how classified and defined, 244
how measured, 246
important note, 243
in vibration, 244
vitreous, negative, positive, etc., 245
whence derived, 243
Electric mining pumps, ills. and des., 274-276
Electric motor and air pump, ills. and des., 271
motor, des., 249
operating a portable track pump, ills. and des., 276
pump, ills. and des., 272-273
pump, 241-276
pumping installation, notable example, 275
pumping machinery, 267-276
pumps, care and management, 268
properly power pumps, 208
why so called, 187
Electric-rheostat, transformer, compensator, 256
Electric-switches and switchboards, 254-255
Electro-magnets, ills. and des., 259
Electro-motive force, def., 246
Elementary hydraulics, 71-73
Elements, phial of four, (mercury, water, alcohol and petroleum) des., 81
Elevator pumps, why so called, 187
Emery, specific gravity of, 96
E. M. F., def., 246
Energy, mechanical and electrical, how transformed, 260
Engineering, as a branch of hydraulics, 74
Engine, Rife hydraulic, 177-179
English unit of heat, ills. and des., 284
Equilibrium of superposed liquids, data, 81
Equilibrium-valve, def., 21
Ewbank, Thomas, author, ref. to, 46
“Ewbank’s hydraulics,” credit given for use of, 52
Ewers, golden, used by rich Egyptians, 38
Expansion joint, des., 21
Face, def., 21
Factor of safety, def., 22
Feather, or sunk key, def., 22
Field magnets, 247
Field, Marshall, reference to, 273
Field spider, electrical, def., 253
Fire-engine, historical reference, 35
Fire-pumps, electric drive for, ills. and des., 273
national standard specification for the manufacture of, 351
steam to be started once a week, 377
underwriter, 344
uniform requirements for the underwriter’s steam, 350
Flange packing, hydraulic, ills. and des., 154
Flanges, table of standard sizes for underwriter pump, 381
Flax, plaited, recommended for packing power pumps, 230
Flow, def., 22
of water result of gravity, 89
under pressure, 3 cases of, 105
Fluid condition of matter, 73
Fluids, aeriform, des., 15
data relating to, 77-84
division into liquids and vapors or gases, 73
elastic, two classes of, 73
friction of, des., 99
Flume, def., 22
for water wheel, size of, 138
water, how to construct, 138
Flutter-wheels, des., 121
Foot valve and strainer, ills. and des., 223
Force pumps, classification of, 187
two-cylinder, 192
when invented, 53
Formula for obtaining the efficiency of hydraulic rams, 177
Foster steam pump, ills. and des., 292-294
Foundations for hand pumps, des., 204
Fourneyron’s turbine, historical note, 128
Francis Weir table formula, 122
Frictional Electricity, 244
resistance of water, three laws of, 100
Friction and viscosity of fluids, def., 99
sliding, def., 100
two kinds of, 99
Fulcrum of the lever of a hand pump, 195
Fusee windlass, historical note, 62
Gaining and losing buckets, historical, des. and ills., 59-60
Gang pumps, triplex power, ills. and des., 231
Garner, Maj. Abram B., dedication of work to, V
Gas a condition or state of matter def., 73
Gaseous condition of matter, 73
Gases, permanent, des., 73
Gas pumps, why so called, 187
Gate valve, des., 22
of the underwriter pump, how marked, 389
Gate-wheel of turbine water wheel, ills., 139
Gauge, pressure, for the underwriter pump, 382
Gauges, hydraulic, des. and ills., 115
Generator, electric, def., 247
four-pole, des. and ills., 251
Gland, def., 22
and stuffing-box, ills. and des., 211
Glass, specific gravity of, 96
Globe valve, def., 22
Glossary of pump and hydraulic terms, 17-34
Gold, specific gravity of, 96
Goose neck, def., 22
Gould triplex single acting power pump, ills. and des., 236, 237
Gourd, ills., 35, 38
Granite, specific gravity of, 96
Gravitation, important note, 88
universal, 85
Gravity, law of, 85
influence in weight of water, note, 80
specific, 91
Gridiron valve, def., 23
“Guides” of water wheels, des., 131
Guild and Garrison steam pump, ills. and des., 307-308
Gutter, double, des. and ills., 54
Gyle and gyle-tun, def., also note, 157
Gypsum, specific gravity of, 96
Hand-nut, def., 23
Hand pumps, classification of, 187
points for erecting and operating, 204
Hand rotary force pump, ills. and des., 197
Hand wheel for safety valve of the underwriter pump, ills., 383
“Hat” or flange hydraulic packing, ills. and des., 154
“Head of water,” def., 23
Heat units, def., 23
Hercules (turbine) wheel, des. and ills., 132, 133
Hero, his first mention of steam, 200 years B. C., 279
Hero’s water clock, des. and ills., 39
“Hesitates,” def., 23
High pressure steam, def., 286
High speed in pumps, disadvantages of, 215
Hill steam pump, ills. and des., 305-306
History of hydraulic engines, 149
invention of the duplex steam pump, 335
Holloway, J. F., historical quotation, 37
note relating to pumping oil, 341
Hooker steam pump, with outside valve gear, 301-303
Horizontal jack, ills. and des., 163, 164
pumps, why so called, 187
turbine wheel, des., 133
Horse power apparatus, combined pump, 201
theoretic, of Niagara Falls water wheels, 143
of a pump, def., 23
Hose valves, sizes for the underwriter pump, 383
“Hump,” def., 23
Hydrant, def., 23
Hydraulic accumulator, ills. and des., 171-173
Hydraulic apparatus, 154-184
pumps as, 181
Hydraulic belt, def., 23
pump, 200
Hydraulic bolt extractor, ills. and des., 164
data, 77-84
engine of Huelgoat, interesting note, 149
Ramsbottom’s, des. and ills., 148, 150-152
Brotherhood three-cylinder, 150-152
gauges, des. and ills., 115
Hydraulic intensifier, des., 173
Hydraulic jack, des. and ills., 158-162
Hydraulic jacks, pulling, horizontal, etc., 163, 164
relating to repairs and use, 161, 162
lifts and cranes, 180
machinery, broadly divided, 119
machine tools, 183, 184
motors, 147-153
motors, resemblance to high pressure steam engines, 149
Hydraulic motor, the Compton, 153
packings, 153, 154
pivot, def., 24
press, des. and ills., 169, 170
when invented, 53
punch, des. and ills., 165-167
Hydraulic ram, double, 177
table of capacity, 174
des. and ills., 180
Hydraulics, as a branch of engineering, 73, 74
as a term, how formed, 74
def., 73
Hydraulics, elementary, 71, 73-116
Hydraulic shears, def., 24
shock, def., 145
tourniquet, des. and ills., 126
valve, def., 24
wheel, def., 24
Hydro-dynamics, def., 73, 74
Hydro-mechanics, def., 74
as a branch of natural philosophy, 74
stress considered in a pressure, is always, 147
Hydro-meters, see note, 92
Hydro-pneumatics, 15, 75
Hydrostatics, def., 74
Hydrostatic balance, des. and ills., 93
paradox, data, ills., 78
Impact, def., 24
water wheels, 121
India rubber best for fire pump valves, 377
Induction motors, as used in mines, 275
special electrical quality of, 252
Inspection shop, required of the underwriters steam fire pump makers, 356
Installation of electric pumps, 268
Intensifier, hydraulic, des., 173
Introduction, historical, 35-70
Introductory Considerations, 70
Invention of pressure engines, a new mode of employing water as a motive agent, 147
Inventions, successive, 65
water lifting, 53
Iron cases for turbine water wheels, des. and ills., 136
Iron draft tube, des., 137
Iron, specific gravity of, 96
Italian mode of raising water, des. and ills., 51
Jantu, the historical, des. and ills., 54
Jet pumps, why so called, 188
Jets, direction of, from orifices, 113
Joseph’s well, Cairo, ills., 45
use of chain of pots in, 63, 64
Joule’s experiment, 284
Knowles steam pump, ills. and des., 310-312
Knuckle-joint, def., 20
Laidlaw-Dunn-Gordon duplex underwriter pump, ills. and des., 273
steam pump, ills. and des., 290-292
Laminated pole piece, def. and ills., 254
Law of gravity, 85
Laws of falling bodies, 86
Table, 87
Lead, specific gravity of, 96
“Leakage,” def., 24
Leather collar hydraulics, the invention of Bramah, 153, 154
the, of a hand pump, how held in place, 191
valve of hand pump, ills., 195
Leffel-Samson turbine water wheel, des. and ills., 130
Leffel water wheel, ills., 128, 130, 132, 134, 136, 144
Levator, quotation from, X
“Lift and drop of a valve,” def., 24
Lifting-jack, def., 29
Lifts and cranes, hydraulic, 180
Line of direction, or line of a falling body, 88
“Liner,” def., 24
Liquid, def., 73
Liquids, as a condition or state of matter, 73
equilibrium of superposed, data, 81
three cases of flow under pressure, 105
veins, form and constitution of, 106, 107
Live steam, def., 286
“Losing water,” def., 25
“Lost motion,” def., 25
Low pressure steam, def., 286, 25
“Lug,” def., 25
Magnetic current, pressure necessary to produce a, 242
field of how produced, 260
needle, des., 266
ills., 242
Magnetism, 244
Magneto-electricity, 245
Magnets, electro, ills. and des., 259
Magnitudes, three-time, length and quality, 87, 88
“Main,” def., 25
Manual power, 187
Marble, specific gravity of, 96
Mason, Chas. J., quotation from, VII
Mason steam pump, ills. and des., 297-299
Matter, def., 88
solid, liquid and gaseous, states of, 73
three physical conditions, des., 73
McGowan steam pump, ills. and des., 308-310
Mean gradient, def., 25
Measurement of water pressure, 113
Mercury, specific gravity of, 96
Mica, specific gravity of, 96
Mica, where used, 251
Millstone, specific gravity of, 96
Miner’s inch, def., 25
Mining outfit, how divided, 275
Mississippi River gauge cock, def., 25
Model of suctions and force pumps, glass, 181
“Modulus” of a steam pump, def., 25
Momenta, equal, principle of applied to fluids, 83
Montgolfier’s hydraulic ram, note, 175
Moore steam pump, ills. and des., 313-315
Motor, alternating induction, des. and ills., 252
and centrifugal pump, ills. and des., 272
direct current, des., 249
electric, and air pump, ills. and des., 271
electric, des., 249
electric, why revolves, explanation, 258
Motors, division of water, des., 119
giving names to pumps, 187
hydraulic, 147, 153
induction, as used in mines, 275
Motor, water, simplicity of, 120
note, 120
when it becomes a dynamo, 260
Mud, pump for handling, ills. and des., 233
National standard duplex fire pump, ills. and des., 343-398
points of difference between it and the trade pump, 395
pump, 349
specifications for the manufacture of steam fire pumps, 349, 351
National steam pump, ills. and des., 303, 304
Natural philosophy, hydro-mechanics as a branch of, 74
Needle, magnetic, des., 266
ills., 242
Negative electricity, 245
Newcomen pumping engines, history of, 65
Thomas, historical ref., 36
Niagara Falls turbine wheels, notes, 142, 143
des. and ills., 140, 144
Nipple, def., 26
Nitrogen, what part of air, 15
Noria, the, or Egyptian wheel, des. and ills., 57
Nozzles, kind of, to be used in connections with the national steam fire pump, 353
Oak, specific gravity of, 96
Oil pump, ills. and des., 233
duplex, ills. and des., 339
Olive oil, specific gravity of, 96
Oscillating pumps, why so called, 188
Outboard delivery pipe, def., 26
“Outfit” of underwriter pump, 273
“Out-put” of electric motor, 249
Over-shot water wheel, des. and ills., 123, 125
Oxygen, what part of air, 15
Packings, hydraulic, 153, 154
most suitable for power pumps, 230
Packing of hand pumps, 204
loss of power in use of hydraulic, 154
Parts of a pump, 209
Parts of pitcher pump, ills. and des., 195
Penstock, ills., 134, 135
def., 26
Persian wheel, des. and ills., 58
Pet-cock, def., 26
Pewter, specific gravity of, 96
Picotah of Hindostan, des. and ills., 49
Pine, specific gravity of, 96
Piston, actual velocity of, 374
Piston and valve rods of the underwriter fire pump, ills. and des., 364
Pistons, steam, of the underwriter steam fire pumps, 359
Piston, the, is nucleus of power of pumps and engines, 149
Pitcher pump, def., 26
spout pump, des. and ills., 195
“Pitman” of a pump, des., 190
Pipe-clamp, def., 26
Pipe sizes, table of, for underwriter pump, 380
“Pipette,” def., 26
Piping a pump, ills. and des., 222, 223
Pipkin, ills., 35
Phial of four elements (mercury, water, alcohol and petroleum), des., 81
Phosphorus, specific gravity of, 96
Plate, capacity, of underwriter steam fire pump, 355
Platinum, specific gravity of, 96
Plug-valve, def., 26
Plumb-bob, def., 26
Plunger of a pump, how indicated in Fig. 181 and succeeding ills., 209
of hand pump, ills., 195
pumps, single acting, ills. of two, 228, 229
Plungers, proportion of water and steam, advised by the Underwriters Associat’n, 352, 353
water, of the underwriter steam fire pump, 368
Pneumatics, 15
def., 74
hydro, 15
“Points” for erecting and operating hand pumps, 204
Pole-piece, laminated, def. and ills., 254
Pole-pieces, part of dynamo, 247
Poplar, specific gravity of, 96
Porcelain, specific gravity of, 96
Positive electricity, 245
Pots, chain of, des. and ills., 63
Power or steam ends of pumps, 211
Power pump, double acting (4 check valves), 227
duplex, ills. and des., 230, 231
classification of, 187, 207
Power transmission by water pressure engines, 145
Preface, II
Press, hydraulic, des. and ills., 169, 170
Pressure gauge for the underwriter pump, 382
necessary to produce a magnetic current, 242
of electric currents, how measured, 256
of water, table of, 114
reducing valve, def., 27
Priming, def., 27
arrangement, des., 390
pipe of pump connections, 223
place for the underwriter pump, ills. and des., 387
Prizometer or pressure guage, def., 115
Properties of steam, explanation, 281-285
Pulley and bucket, historical des. and ills., 46, 48
and windlass, historical, des., 60, 61
Pulling-jack, hydraulic, des. and ills., 161, 163
Pump and combined horse power apparatus, 201
bag, ills. and des., 198
bellows, ills. and des., 186, 198, 199
Pump-box, def., 27
Pump-brake, def., 27
Pump, Buffalo single cylinder, ills. and des., 319-321
Pump, Burnham steam, ills. and des., 324-326
Pump-chain, def., 27
Pump-cheeks, def., 27
Pump, conditions of service required of a, 224
Pump, Dean Bros., ills. and des., 326-328
Deane single acting triplex power pump, ills. and des., 234, 235
Deane steam, ills. and des., 317-319
double acting low service, belt driven, 227
duplex, ills. and des., 331-398
duplex, outside packed plunger pattern for high pressure, 341
duplex power, ills. and des., 230
duplex steam, explanation, 333
electric, direct driven motor, ills. and des., 272-273
electric induction motor, ills. and des., 276
electric mining, ills. and des., 274-276
Gould single acting triplex power pump, ills. and des., 236, 237
Pump, Guild and Garrison steam, ills. and des., 307-308
hand rotary force, ills. and des., 197
hydraulic belt, 200
Pumping engine, historical reference, 36
Pumping machinery, electric, 267-276
Pump, Knowles steam, ills. and des., 310-312
Laidlaw-Dunn-Gordon, ills. and des., 290-292
Laidlaw-Dunn-Gordon duplex underwriter, ills. and des., 275
McGowan steam, ills. and des., 308-310
Moore steam, ills. and des., 313-315
Pump parts, ills. and des., 209
Pump, parts of a, 189
pitcher spout, des. and ills., 195
quintuplex, used for mining operations, 275
rope, ills. and des., 200
Pumps and Hydraulics, in two parts, Part One, I-III
Pumps as hydraulic apparatus, 181
Pumps, belted, des. and ills., 225
boiler feed, ills. and des., 225-234
duplex oil, ills. and des., 339
for thick stuff, 233
high speed in, a disadvantage, 215
single acting triplex plunger, ills. and des., 233
Pump sizes and capacities, standard of, given in underwriter table, 352
Pump slip or slippage, 214
Pump, Smith-Vaile single, ills. and des., 329-330
Snow steam, ills, and des., 315-317
Pumps, power driven, how classified, 207
Pump, spray hand, ills. and des., 201
Pumps, single acting, ills. of two, 228, 229
stationary, for mine use, how classified, 275
steam end of, explanation, 279-285
steam, ills. and des., 277-330
suction and force, models of, glass, 181
suction, for vessels and irrigation, 193
steam, the Mason, ills. and des., 297-299
their operation and management, 208
triplex power, gang, ills. and des., 231
two-cylinder force, 193
underwriter fire, 344
water ends of, des. and ills., 209
Pump, the air, 13
the Blakeslee steam, ills. and des., 299-301
the Cameron steam, ills. and des., 295, 296
the Davidson steam, ills. and des., 287-289
the Foster steam, ills. and des., 292-294
the Hill steam, ills. and des., 305-306
the Hooker steam, with outside gear, ills. and des., 301-303
the National steam, ills. and des., 303, 304
the practical operation of a, note, 189
the Riedler belt driven, ills. and des., 238-240
the Riedler express, 240
the theoretical action of a, 189
Pump valves, des. and ills., 209
of the underwriter steam fire pump, 372
reinforced, des. and ills., 215
size and number of, for the underwriter pump, 373
Pump, Weinman steam, ills. and des., 322-324
Pump-well, def., 27
Pump, Worthington duplex, 336
Worthington house tank, ills. and des., 269-270
Punch, hydraulic, des. and ills., 165-166
Quintuplex pump, used in mining operations, 275
Quotations, I, II
Radiated electricity, 245
Rain-gauge, def., 28
Ram, double hydraulic, 177
hydraulic, table of capacity, 174
des. and ills., 180
of hydraulic jack, des. and ills., 158, 159
Rife hydraulic, 177
Ramsbottom hydraulic engine, des. and ills., 148, 150-152
Reaction turbine water wheel, 127
water wheel, des. and ills., 126
Reducing-coupling, def., 28
Riedler express pump, 240
the belt driven pump, ills. and des., 238-240
Reinforced pump valves, des. and ills., 215
Relief valve of the underwriter pump, 384
Resinous electricity, 245
Resistance, def., 28
three laws of, in flow of water, 100
Rheostat, des., 256
Rife hydraulic ram, or engine, 177-179
Right-hand thread, def., 28
Rock shafts, cranks, links, etc., of the underwriter fire pump, 361
Racks, water, for water wheels, how best made, 131
Roberts torpedo for clearing wells, note, 202
Roman screw for raising water, des. and ills., 52
wells, historical ref., 48
Rope pump, ills. and des., 200
pumps, why so called, 187
socket, def., 28
Rotary, hand, force pump, ills. and des., 197
pumps, why so called, 188
Rotative engine pumps, des., 65
Rubber, how to determine quality of, 372
Rule for calculating capacity of accumulator, 172
for finding the specific gravity of a solid body, 95
for velocity of water in flume, pipes and tail race, 138
relating to the velocities of fluids flowing from orifices, 105, 106
relating to velocity of falling bodies, 89
to find weight of a cubic foot of anything in the table of specific gravities, 97
“Runner” of turbine wheels, des., 131
Rust-joint, def., 28
Safety valve for the underwriter pump, des., 383
Salt, specific gravity of, 96
Sand, specific gravity of, 96
Saturated steam, def., 286
Savery, Capt. Thomas, historical ref., 36
Scoop wheel, des. and ills., 56
Screw jack or lifting jack, def., 29
Roman, for raising water, des. and ills., 52
Sea injection, def., 29
Seats, valve, of the underwriter pump, 377
Sea water, how many cubic feet to ton, 97
specific gravity of, 96
Selden’s packing, recommended for packing power pumps, 230
Semi-liquids, def., 75
pump for handling, ills. and des., 233
Setting of a turbine wheel in penstock, des. and ills., 134
Setting chamber of duplex pump, des., 336
Sewage, pump for handling, ills. and des., 232
Shawinigan turbine wheel, des., 133
ills., II, IV
Shield for prevention of accident in gear pumps, 233
Ship pumps, working, by ropes, ills., 14
“Shocks,” def., 29
Shop name, and shop number required on plate attached to the underwriter steam fire pump, 355
Siloah’s fountain, historical ref., 49
Silver, specific gravity of, 96
Single acting pumps, how they do their work, 188
why so called, 187
“Slams,” def., 29
Slate, specific gravity of, 96
Sleeve-coupling, def., 29
Sliding friction, def., 100
“Slippage,” def., 29
of water in pumps, 214
Sluice, def., 29
Slurry pump, def., 29
Smith-Vaile single pump, ills. and des., 329-330
Snow steam pump, ills. and des., 315-317
Soap, pump for handling, ills. and des., 233
Solid, def., 73
Solids, a condition or state of matter, 73
Socket-wrench, def., 29
Spanner, def., 29
Specific gravity of liquids, 96
of steam, 286
rule for finding the, of a solid body, 95
standard for, 91
tables, rule to find weight of anything in, 97
Spline or feather, def., 29
Split-pin or cutter, def., 29
Spray pump, ills. and des., 201
“Spread,” def., 29
Spring, a conical, employed to hold the valve to its seat, 209
Spring-seat, def., 29
Springs, valve, guards and covers for the underwriter pump, 376
Standard, National, specification for the manufacture of steam fire pumps, 351
Statics, def., 244
what it treats of, 74
electricity, 244
Steam end of a pump, def., 30, 279-285
of the underwriter steam fire pump, details of, 356-366
Steam engines, compound, adapted to pump, 70
Steam fire pumps, to be started once a week, 377
Steam gas, def., 286
history of steam and the steam engine, 280
how produced, 285
or power ends of pumps, 209
parts of the underwriter steam fire pump, 356
properties of, explanation, 281-285
properties which make it valuable, 286
Steam pump, ills. and early patent of H. R. Worthington, 278-330
how classified, 188
why so called, 187
Steam, relative volume of, diagram, 282
specific gravity of, 286
thrown valves, def., 30
total heat of, 286
useful definitions relating to, 285-286
Steel, specific gravity of, 96
Stems, valve, of the underwriter pump, 379
Step for water wheel, danger of heating, 137
“Sticking of valves,” def., 30
des., 377
Strainer, def., 30
foot valve, ills. and des., 223
for suction pipe, ills., 204
for tube wells, ills. and des., 203
Streams, velocities of, ills., 110
“Stroke” of pump, def., 30
Stub-end, def., 30
Stud-bolt, def., 30
Stuffing-box, def., 30
and gland, ills. and des., 211
of the underwriter steam fire pump, 365
Submerged pump, def., 30
Sucker-rod, couplings, des. and ills., 203, 204
“Sucking wind,” def., 31
Suction and force pumps, classification of, 187
glass models of, 181
two-cylinder, arranged with extension levers, ills., 196
Suction-force pump with air chamber, ills. and des., 226
Suction or lift pumps, classification of, 187
pump, for vessels, ills., 193
pipe, how made and placed, 204
pipe, proper, ills. and des., 223
valve area of the underwriter pump, 373
of the Riedler express pump, peculiarities of, 240
Sulphur, specific gravity of, 96
Superheated steam, def., 286
Supplemental piston, def., 31
Supply channel, leading water from falls, 119
Swape or sweep, historical ref. and ills., 48
Swing check valve, def., 31
Switch, automatic, 269
Switch-cock or valve, def., 31
Switches and switch boards, des. and ills., 254-255
Switch valve, Deane, with duplex pump, 393
Syphon, des., 40
ills., 41-44
cock, def., 31
Syringe, des., 44
Table for underwriter pump, pipe sizes, 380
of capacity, etc., of boiler feed pumps, 226
etc., of triplex power pumps, 231
for single acting triplex plunger pump, 233
of hydraulic ram, 174
of Worthington house tank pump, 270
sizes, etc., of two-cylinder force and suction pump, 196
Table of Contents of Part One, 15
diameters of waste pipe of the underwriter pump, 384
temperatures of water, 75
National standard of sizes for duplex steam fire pumps, 352
pressure of water, 114
pressure of water at different depths, 77
size, capacities, etc., Worthington admiralty pattern boiler feed pump, 337
sizes, etc., of belted pumps, 225
sizes of vacuum and air chambers for the underwriter pump, 382
Table of specific gravities, 96
standard flanges for the underwriter pump, 381
suction valve area of the underwriter pump, 373
test of the internal friction of the underwriter pump, 392
valve port area and valve outlet area for underwriter pumps, 375
volume of one pound of water, 76
weight of one cubic foot of water, 76
inch of water, 76
weight, volume and pressure of water, 75-77
Table, showing relation of time, space and velocity, 87
Tail race leading from water falls, 119
water, des., 131
level of, ills., 134, 136
of turbine, des., 135
Tank, electric house pumping plant, ills. and des., 269
Tan-liquor, pump for handling, ills. and des., 233
Tar, pump for handling, ills. and des., 233
Test for acceptance of the underwriter pump, 391-393
maximum delivery, 394
Test of the quality of rubber, 372
Thumb-nut, def., 32
Tide water wheel, des. and ills., 123
Tin, specific gravity of, 96
Tobin-bronze, def., 32
“Toe” upon a disc of pump, des., 190
Tools, hydraulic machine, 183
Torpedo, Robert’s, for clearing wells, note, 202
Torricelli’s theorem, relating to flow of fluids flowing from an orifice, and note, 105
Tourniquet, hydraulic, des. and ills., 126
Trade pumps, underwriters criticism of, 351
“Trailing water,” def., 32
Transformer, des., 256
Transmission of power by water pressure engines, 145
Triplex power gang pump, table of capacity, etc., 231
pump, how to set the 6 eccentric, 232
“Trompe,” def., 32
Tube, or driven wells, 202
Tube-plug, def., 32
wells, how driven, ills. and des., 203
Turbine, def., 32
Turbine-dynamometer, des. of, 128
Fourneyron’s, des. and ills., 128
pump, def., 32
water-tight, des. and ills., 139
water-wheels, des. and ills., 126-144
outward, vertical and central discharge of, 127
des. of parallel flow, 128
the Hercules, des. and ills., 132, 133
horizontal, des., 133
Turbine wheels, Niagara Falls, des. and ills., 140-144
Turbine wheel, setting of, in penstock, des. and ills., 134
Turpentine oil, specific gravity of, 96
Tweddel, design of the hydraulic accumulator, 172
Two cylinder force pump, 192
arranged with extension levers, 196
Tympanum, The, des. and ills., 55
Undershot water wheel, des. and ills., 122
Underwriter fire pumps, 344
list of attachments for, 345
area for suction valve for the, 373
test for acceptance of, 391
Underwriter steam fire pump, des. and ills., 343-398
Union, def., 33
Unit of heat, English, ills. and des., 384
V packing, hydraulic, ills. and des., 154
Vacuum, def., 33
and air chambers practically the reverse of each other, 221
for the underwriter pump, 381
ills. and des., 220
Vacuum pumps, how classified, 188
Valve, def., 33
air, def., and marking of, for the underwriter pump, 385
areas, size necessary for, 374
gate of the underwriter pump, how marked, 389
motion of duplex pump, 333, 334
of the Worthington duplex pump, 336
of hand pump, lower or suction, ills., 195
Valve of Riedler belt-driven pump, ills. and des., 238-240
Valve port area and valve outlet area, table of, for underwriter pump, 374, 375
relief of the underwriter pump, 384
seats, bolts and springs should be of the best composition, metal, etc., 218
Valve setting of the Blakeslee steam pump, 301
Buffalo single cylinder pump, 321
Burnham steam pump, 326
Cameron steam pump, 296
Davidson steam pump, 287-289
Dean Bros’ steam pump, 328
Deane steam pump, 319
Duplex steam pump, 338
Foster steam pump, 292-294
Guild and Garrison steam pump, 308
Hill steam pump, 306
Hooker steam pump with outside valve gear, 303
Knowles steam pump, 311
Dunn-Gordon steam pump, 290
Laidlaw, 292
Mason steam pump, 299
McGowan steam pump, 310
Moore steam pump, 315
National steam pump, 304
Smith-Vaile single steam pump, 330
Snow steam pump, 316
Weinman steam pump, 323
Valve slam, def., 374
Valve springs, guards and covers for the underwriter pump, 376
Valve stems of the underwriter pump, 379
Valves, delivery, of the underwriter pump, 376
hose, size for the underwriter pump, 383
pump, des. and ills., 309
Valves, pump, size and number of, for the underwriter pump, 373
reinforced pump, des. and ills., 215-216
small ones preferable, 213
steam slide of the underwriter fire pump, 360
Valves, sticking of, def., 377
the lift of valves, 214
Vapors, des., 73
Vapor, when it becomes a gas, 73
Velocity of falling bodies, valves to find, 89
fluids flowing from an orifice, 105, 106
streams, ills., 110
water in flumes and pipes, 138
in tail-race, Rule, 138
in water pressure engines, 145
Ventres, def., 106
Vertical pumps, why so called, 187
Vinegar, specific gravity of, 96
Viscosity, def., 33, 75
of fluids, des., 99, 102
Vis viva, def., 102
Vitreous electricity, 245
Vitruvius, quotation from, 57
Volt, def., 256
Voltaic electricity, 246
Voltmeters, def., 256
V thread, def., 33
Washer, def., 33
Waste channel of water-falls, 119
Waste pipe, sizes for the underwriter pump, 384
Water and steam, one an elastic and the other a non-elastic liquid, 149
Water arch, def., 33
Water as an example of a fluid, 73
Water-bellows, def., 33
Water, boiling point of, 76
cap, def., 33
chemical composition of, 75
clocks, des. and ills., 39
conditions of, 75-77
considered from a chemical standpoint, 75
data relating to, 75
Water dust, French term for steam, 285
end, def., 33
of the underwriter steam fire pump, ills. and des., 367-380
pumps, des. and ills., 209
Waterfalls, des. of supply and waste channels, 119
division of parts deriving energy, 119
Water, flow of, result of gravity, 89
four notable temperatures of, 75
Water-hammer, def., 34
or valve slam, def., 374
influence of gravity on weight of, note, 80
Water-lifting inventions, 53-70
of what composed, 285
practically non-elastic, data, 75-77
pressure engines, care of, to prevent freezing, etc., 145, 146
Water pressure machines, 117-154
measurement of, 113
due to its weight, data, 83
pressure of, table, 114
pressure on column of, data, 77
how transmitted, data and ills., 79
proportioned to its depth, data, 83
table, 77
Water pressure or hydraulic motors, des., 147
Water pumps, why so called, 187
racks for turbine wheels, how best made, 131
Water ram, def., 34
rises to same level in opposite arms of tube, data, 83
salt, boiling point of, 76
sea, how many cubic feet to ton, 97
tables of weight and volume, etc., 76
temperature of, for calculations, 75
Water, theoretical and actual flow, note, 106
three laws of frictional resistance of, 100
Water-tight turbine, ills. and des., 139
under pressure, efflux of, 105-113
velocity of, in flumes and pipes, rule, 138
tail race, rule, 138
weight and volume of, tables, 76, 77
in round numbers, 76
one cubic foot of, 76
Water wheel, 132, 133
Water wheels, 119-144
des. and ills. of “chutes,” gate-seats, “gates” and “buckets” of turbine, des. and ills., 139
des. and ills. of flutter wheels, etc., 121-125
des. of “runners,” “guides” and water racks, 130
des. of the “step” buckets, etc., 130
des. “tail water” and “draft tube”, 135
setting of, in penstock, 134
Leffel, 130
when the water is measured, 130
Water will rise as high as its source, data, 83
Watt, Jas., account of his discovery of the properties of steam, 280, 281
Watt, Jas., historical, ref., 35
Weinman steam pump, ills. and des., 322-324
Weirs, def., 122
Weir tables, allusion to in note, 122
Wells, des. and ills., 45-52
driven or tube, 202
historical note, 50
Roman, historical ref., 48
tube, how driven, ills. and des., 203
with stairs, historical des., 51
Wet steam, def., 286
Wheel and axle, use of, in wells, 64
Wheel, scoop, des. and ills., 56
Wheel, the Egyptian, des. and ills., 57
Wheel, the Noria, des. and ills., 57
the Persian, des. and ills., 58
Whirlpool-chamber, def., 35
Why an electric motor revolves, 258
Willow, specific gravity of, 96
Windlass, Chinese, historical ref. and ills., 47, 62
Wind pumps, why so called, 187
Wing-nut, def., 35
pattern check valve, ills. and des., 227
Working barrel, def., 34
Work, useful, done in water pressure engines, 145
Worthington, Henry Rossiter, historical notes, 68-70
engraved portrait of, vi
death of, 70
ills. of first patented steam pump, 278
Worthington duplex pump, 336
Y, def., 35
Yoke, def., 35
of the underwriter steam fire pump, 356
Zinc, specific gravity of, 96