INDEX TO PART TWO
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THE INDEX to Part Two of Rogers Pumps and Hydraulics.
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Accidents, to avoid, 374
Acid, muriatic fumes, action of, 380
syphon pump, ills. and des., 265
Adjusting, care must be exercised in, 372
“Admiralty,” the rectangular surface condenser, des., 303
Advantages of the Cataract mining pump, 146
modern pulsometer, 273
Aer, def., 179
Aëriform fluids, def., 15
Aermotor pumps, 177-192
Aermotors, why so named, 187
Ahrens steam fire engine, 126
Air, des., 15
and steam, relative space occupied by, 378
and vacuum pumps, ills. and des., 31
steam end of, 35
table of test, 41
as a mechanical agent, 17
Air, moving power; note, 23
“back pressure” of, des., 36
Air-bound pumps, 371
Air brakes, use of compressed air in, des., 57
chamber, to prevent freezing, 381
Air compressor, direct acting steam single, ills. and des., 72
power wall or post, ills. and des., 72
the “Imperial,“ ills. and des., 67-70
Air compressors, des., 57-78
methods of driving, 59
theoretical operations of, 63
Air cooler of condenser, ills., 312
Air, fluid of, def., 17
gravity and elasticity of, 16
leaks in suction must be prevented, 374
Air lift pump, ills. and des., 79-90
care and management, 87-88
lift system, advantages of, 79
theory of, 80
liquid, des., 64
pipe of a compressor, 84
pressure pumps, direct, ills. and des., 90
Air pump attached to a condenser becomes a vacuum pump, 373
Dean Brothers’ twin cylinder, ills. and des., 46-50
Edwards, ills. and des., 53-55
principles of duty, 373
simplest form of, ills., 15
used in connection with a jet condenser, ills., 34
hand, des. and ills., 29, 30
the inertia of, 17
Altitude, effect of, on atmospheric pressure, 73, 74
American pump as attached to steam fire engine, ills., 93
driving mechanism of, ills. and des., 93, 98
American steam fire engine pump, ills., 132, 133
des., 138, 139
Ammonia or acid pumps, ills. and des., 171
muriate of, action, 379
Amoskeag fire engine, ills., 107, 128
des., 141, 142
Anderson steam trap, des. and ills., 332, 333
Anti-freezing device, ills., 382
Application of packing, how done, 372
Appurtenances belonging to steam fire engines, list of, 111
Aqua-thruster, 267-269
Atmosphere, pressure of, def., 16, 36
surface condenser exerts, 314
weight of, on the surface of the earth, 19
Atmospheric air, a type of other gases, 25
Atmospheric pressure, effect of altitude upon, 73, 74
pumps, des. and ills., 169-171
Attachment, def. of, 317
Attraction of cohesion, def., 16
Automatic action of the pump controlled by a float, ills. and des., 318, 319
duplex steam pump and receiver, Deane, ills. and des., 318, 319
throttle valve for boiler feed pump, ills. and des., 352, 353
“Back pressure” of atmosphere, des., 36
Baffle plate, used in condenser, ills. and des., 305
Ballast pump, the, ills. and des., 159-161
Ballast tank, ship’s, def., 322
Ball cock, ills. and des., 320
Ball float, ills. and des., 318-319
how attached in air and vacuum pump, 36
Ballot, Buys, law relating to barometers, 181
Bark, care to keep out of pipes and valves, 379
mixture, des., 379
white oak, prevents boiler incrustation, 379
Barometer, ills. and des., 20
water, how made, 31
Barrel, capacity of in gallons, 323
Bell and spigot connection, ills. and des., 367
Belted duplex air compressor (built by the Allis-Chalmers Co.), 62-71
Bilge pump, special fittings for, 161
“Blake” compressor, 73
Bliss-Heath atmospheric pumping engine, ills. and des., 169-171
Blowing engine, ills. and des., 66, 67
Blow-off cock, des., 347
valve, Bordo, ills. and des., 354, 355
Boggs & Clark hydraulic dredging pump, ills. and des., 217, 218
Boiler cleaners, mechanical, 380
compound, cost of, 378
action of, 379
Boiler compound, directions for use, 378
for locomotives, 378
formula for, 380
feed pump, centrifugal form adopted for, 222
Boiler of steam fire engine, des., 99
Boiler of the Ahrens steam fire engine, 126
the Clapp & Jones steam fire engine, 118
the Silsby steam fire engine, 115
Boiler scale, table of analysis, 328
Boilers, ball cock attached to, 320
corrosion of, how caused, 380
Bolt circles of standard pipe flanges; Table, 399
Bolts, diameters of; lengths of, 399
Bordo blow-off valve, ills. and des., 354, 355
Bottoming-tap, ills. and des., 339
Box wrench, des., 345
Brewers’ grains, how pumped; note, 202
Buffalo, the centrifugal pump, ills. and des., 223
Bulkley “Injector” condenser, ills. and des., 308, 309
Buys Ballot’s law relating to barometers, 181
Byron Jackson Machine Co.’s turbine pumps, ills. and des., 236-242
Cameron, the, vertical plunger sinking pump, ills., 150-151
des., 152
Capacity of cisterns and tanks, how estimated, 364
Carbonate of lime in boiler scale, 328
magnesia in boiler scale, 328
Carbonates deposited in order, des., 380
Care and management of air pumps, 87-88
the Clapp & Jones steam fire engine, 123
Carr steam pump governors, ills. and des., 288-291
Cataract steam pump, ills., 144
des., 146
Centrifugal pump, diagram of right and left-hand methods of discharge, 225
early form of, ills., 212
des., 214
four stage, ills. and des., 224
important note relating to speed of; quotation from “Industries”, 223-229
Morris Machine Company’s, steam-driven, ills. and des., 220-221
multi-stage, ill. and des., 223-224
the Buffalo, ills. and des., 223
the converse of the turbine water-wheel, 213
vertical, submerged type of, ills. and des., 222-223
directions for erecting and running, 226-228
fans used in, ills., 213
des., 215
history of, 211
Centrifugal pumps, how to determine right or left-hand pumps, 226
ills. and des., 211-230
rotary and, 193-229
the Worthington, divided into Conoidal, volute and Turbine, des., 229
two general types of, ills. and des., 215-216
Centrifugal wheel, ten thousand horse power, ills. and des., 213
also 133, Part One.
Chain tongs, 343
Chlorides deposited in order, des., 380
Churning in pumps, causes of, 375
Churn valve for feeding the steam fire engine, des., 111
purposes of, 137
Circulating pump, des., 32
Circulating pumps, ills., 219
des., 168
Cistern, def. of, 321
Cisterns and tanks, table of capacity for, 324
ball cock attached to, 320
Cisterns, computation for finding weight of, 324
contents of round; Table, 398
diameters of, in decimals of a foot; Table, 398
rule for finding contents of round; Table, 398
Clapp & Jones steam fire engine, 118
Village Engine, 121
Classification of steam fire engines, 93
Cleaner, mechanical boiler, 380
Cleaning carpets and railroad cars and seats, use of vacuum or atmospheric pressure in, des., 59
Cleanliness essential, 371
Clogging of suction, effect of, 374
Closed pressure tanks, ills. and des., 321-323
Coal, decreasing supply of, 84
Cock, des., classes of, 347
ball, ills. and des., 320
blow-off, des., 347
cylinder, des., 247
feed, des., 347
four-way, des., 347
gage, des., 347
oil, des., 347
Cock, self-closing, des., 347
steam, des., 347
stop, des., 347
three-way, des., 347
Cock, try, des., 347
water, des., 347
Column of water, pressure of; Table, 396
Columns, mine pump, ills. and des., 363
Compound, boiler, record of results, 378
Compound or two-stage compression, 74-75
Compounds for making pipe joints, 367
Compressed air, des., 57
Compressibility of gases, 26
Compression, compound, or two-stage, 74-75
Compressor, belted duplex air (built by the Allis-Chalmers Co.), 62-71
“Imperial” air, des. and ills., 67-70
Norwalk compound, des. and ills., 77-78
Norwalk standard, ills. and des., 56-58
power wall or post air, ills. and des., 72
vertical duplex, 64-71
Compressors, air, des., 57-58
Computation for finding weight of water in cisterns and tanks, 324
obtaining the contents of a barrel in gallons, 324
Miner’s Inch, with ills., 388
open stream measurement, 390
weir dam, water, measurement, 390
relating to water pumped by windmill, 191
“Condensation,” def., 18
Condenser, def., 32
des., 299
advantages of, 300, 378
combined, and feed-water heater, ills. and des., 306
cone, ills., 312
Conover, ills. and des., 50-53
economy of, 37
elbow, exhaust and injection, des. and ills., 306
exhaust pipe into suction, ills. and des., 381
exhaust steam induction, des. and ills., 308
Condenser, jet, ills. and des., 312
jet type of, 33
keel, what it consists of, 311
plant, marine, ills. and des., 310-311
pump, ills. and des., 306-307
Condensers, classification of, 303
Condenser, surface, ills. and des., 313
tube, ills. and des., 305
Condensing apparatus, des. and ills., 297-314
engines, early, des., 378
Condensing surface required, amount of, 312-314
Cone, condenser, ills. and des., 306
Conoidal centrifugal pump, the Worthington, why so named, des., 229
Conover condenser, ills. and des., 50-53
Construction of the Silsby steam cylinder pump and boiler, 115
Contamination of water to be prevented, 375
Contents, Table of, XI.
Controller, Mullin’s automatic, ills. and des., 352-353
Cooling towers, des., 33
Corcoran double action suction force pump, des. and ills., 185-186
tank valves, 323
Corcoran windmill, ills. and des., 184-186
Corrosion, def., 328
how prevented, 380
of boilers, how caused, 380
Cotton presses, pump for, ills. and des., 154-155
Coupling pipe, ills., 368
“Crane-necked” steam fire engine, 141
Cranes and hoists, use of compressed air in, des., 57
Crow, ills. and des., 340
Cubic foot, capacity of in gallons., 323
Cutter, pipe, ills. and des., 338
Cylinder-cock, des., 347
Cylinders, contents of, in cubic feet for each foot depth; Table, 398
relieved before removing head, 383
Dam, Weir, measurement of water, 390
Dart union, ills. and des., 367
Davidson marine pump, ills. and des.,156-157
Dean Brothers’ twin cylinder air pump, ills. and des.,46-50
Dean automatic duplex steam pump and receiver, ills. and des.,318-319
single sugar-house pump, ills. and des.,164-165
single vertical sinking pump, ills.,148
des.,149
vacuum pump, ills. and des.,42-43
Deep-well pump, working barrel of, 192
Deflector, water circulating, 120
Derangement of duplex pump, broken valve may cause it, 376
Diagram of discharge openings of centrifugal right and left-hand pumps, 225
Dial, to read the, of a water meter, ills.,332
Diameters of cisterns in decimals of a foot; Table,398
Diaphragm lift and force pump, ills.,145
des.,148
outfit for,149
Diffusion of gases,27
vanes of Worthington centrifugal pump, des.,233
Direct acting steam single air compressor, ills. and des.,72
Disadvantages in the use of compressed air for operating mining pumps,71
Discharge per minute under given heads; Table,392-393
Discovery of the advantages arising from the condensation of steam,300
Distributing reservoir, def.,322
“Doctor” independent pump, ills. and des.,161-162
“Donkey” pump, des.,161
Double extra first steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,93
tube injector, universal, ills.,262
des.,264
Drain for steam pipes,374
Drain, necessity for,374
Draining pump cylinders and pipes,377
plugs,377
Dredge, elevator, des.,222
20-inch hydraulic, ills. and des., 221
Dredges, self-propelling and sea-going, des.; note,210
Dredging pump, hydraulic, Boggs & Clark, ills. and des.,217-218
Root’s large rotary, ills. and des.,208-210
Drill and pipe tap combined,339
Drip cocks, proper location of,376
Dry cocks, centrifugal pump, particularly adapted for use in building sewers, in sand dredging,214
Duplex pump, delays, avoid by frequent inspections,376
derangements of one side,375
jerky motion in, cause of,376
repairs should be prompt and timely,376
screens, important that they be kept clean,376
separating chamber requires frequent examination,376
suction valves require much attention,376
worn parts should be replaced,376
Duplex steam pump and receiver, Deane automatic, ills. and des.,318-319
Edison Manufacturing Co. hand mining pump, des.,148
Edwards air and vacuum pump, ills. and des.,53-55
Ejector, ills. with a foot strainer,260
double tube, ills. and des.,261
or exhauster used for priming centrifugal pumps, des.,216
ills.,218
pump, ills. and des.,259-260
water pressure, ills. and des.,266
and injectors,243-266
application of, ills.,256
des.,260
Elastic fluids, two classes of,16
Elasticity, def.,26
a property of air,16, 17
of all aëriform fluids, def.,17
Elbow, condenser, exhaust and injection, des. and ills.,306
pipe, ills.,368
Elbows, des.,364
Electric mining pump, ills., part one,276
des., part two,147
Elevator, Mason, pump pressure regulator, ills. and des.,286-287
Endicott’s platform springs, des.,141
Energy of the steam injector, whence derived, note,247
wind as a source of power,181
Engines, early condensing, des.,378
Engine, steam fire, ills. and des.,91-142
Entering or taper tap, ills. and des.,339
Evaporation, def. and laws of,28
Eve, J., inventor of Eve’s rotary pump, historical note,196
Eve’s rotary pump, des. and ills.,196-197
Exhaust steam induction condenser, des. and ills.,308
injector, ills. and des.,249, 255-256
injector, high pressure, ills. and des.,257
Exhaust steam, utilizing of; note,35
Expansibility of gases, def. and ills.,25
Expansion and compression of a body, def.,18
Explanations of principles involved in feeding tank,373
exposed pipes, precautions against freezing,377
Extra first steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,93
Failure of pump, how to find cause,374
Fans, ills.,213
des.,215
Feed-cock, des.,347
Feeding into bottom of tank requires less power than top,373
Feed-water heater and combined condenser, ills. and des.,306
Volz, ills. and des.,304-306
impurities, des., note relating to,327
Fifth steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,93
Fire engine, Silsby steam, des. and ills.,113
steam, ills. and des.,91-142
Fire hose flow of water, how retarded in, des.,135
pumps, Holyoke pattern of rotary,203
First steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,93
Flange joint, ills., and des.,363
Flanges, diameters of standard; Table,399
standard, bolt circles of; Table,399
table of standard sizes,399
thickness of standard,399
union, des. and ills.,363
Float, automatic action of the pump controlled by a, ills. and des.,318-319
Flow of water over Weir dam; Table,391
Fluid, particles of,14
Flume, mechanism to shut off the water supply of, ills.,295
Foot-board of the steam fire engine, des.,111
Foot valve applied to centrifugal pump,216
Forcer of steam injector,247
Foundations of tanks,323
suitable, precautions for,371
Fountain, Hero’s, ills. and des.,23
in vacuo, ills. and des.,23
Four stage centrifugal pump, ills. and des.,224
Fourth steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,93
Four-way cock, des.,347
Fox boiler, des. and ills.,101-103
Freeman, John R., credit given for table,117
Freezing, anti-, device,381
of pipe, how prevented, ills. and des.,381
Friction, different kinds of pipe,377
Friction heads; Table,394-395
in small pipes; Table,397
Friction, influence of, on different kinds of pipe,377
loss in pounds pressure; Table,392-393
must be kept down,372
Frizell system of air lift pumps,88
Gage-cock, des.,347
Gallon, capacity of,323
imperial, capacity of,323
Gallons for each foot of length in pipes,398
Gases and liquids, properties in common, des.,24
compressibility of,26
diffusion of,27
expansibility of, def. and ills.,25
permanent, def.,16
pressure exerted by,26
weight of, def.,26
Gas-fitter’s air proving pump, def. and ills.,29
Gates, head, mechanism to raise and lower, ills.,295
Gauge, hydraulic, test pump, ills. and des.,164
indicating pressure and vacuum, des.,259
vacuum, why graduated in inches; note,21
Giffard, Inventor of the injector; historical note,245
Gould’s rotary pump, ills.,194
des.,199
Governor and pump, des. and ills.,317-319
Governors, Carr steam pump, ills. and des.,288-291
Governor, Mason pump, ills. and des.,284-286
utility combination pump, des. and ills.,296
Governors, pump speed, ills. and des.,281-294
Graduated tank, des.,322
Grains, wet, brewers’, how pumped; note,202
Graphite as a lubricant, des.,384
Graphite, invaluable about studs, nuts, etc.,384
mix with oil for hand pump,375
use of, on pipe threads,384
Gravitation, effect on current of air,180
Gravity, a property of air,16
Grit, avoid in packing,377
Guericke, Otto von, inventor,19
Guide vanes of Worthington centrifugal pump, des.,231
des.,212
Hammer, how best used, des.,345
Hand air pumps, des. and ills.,29-30
Harris system of raising water by direct pressure,90
Hayden & Derby Mfg. Co.,252
Head gates, mechanism to raise and lower, ills.,295
Heads, friction at given rates; Table,394-395
Heat, action of, on particles of bodies,16
Heater, noiseless water, ills. and des.,265-266
stationary, for the steam fire engine,105
Heron or Hero, account of,99
of Alexandria; historical note relating to steam fire engine,95
“Hero’s fountain,” invented by Hero of Alexandria,99
ills. and des.,23
“Hessian Suck,” a form of centrifugal pump, des.,211
Hinged valve,347
Historical notes and ills. relating to steam fire engine,92-99
History of the centrifugal pump,211
Hogshead, capacity of,323
Holyoke improved speed governor for water wheels, ills. and des.,291-294
pattern rotary pump,203
Horizontal two-stage pump, ills.,236
des.,241
Hydraulic dredge, 20-inch, ills. and des.,221
dredging pump, Boggs & Clarke, ills. and des.,217-218
gauge test pump, ills. and des.,163
joints for high pressure, ills. and des.,361
Hydraulic lifts and cranes, pump for, des. and ills.,154-155
packing, difficulty in cutting,373
pipes, best way to join; Note,367
riveting and punching, pump for, ills. and des.,154-155
Hydro-pneumatics,15
Ice, expansion of,381
Ideal steel tank tower, ills. and des.,187
“Impellers,” des.,212
Impellers of Worthington centrifugal pump, des.,233
Impellers or pistons of rotary pumps, ills. and des.,196
“Imperial” air compressor, ills. and des.,67-70
Imperial gallon, capacity of,323
Incrustation, des.,328
Incrustations of injector pipes, how removed,254
Injection, def.,32
water of air and vacuum pumps, des.,35
Injector, action of,247, 249
a gauge indicating both pressure and vacuum for the,259
“Injector” condenser, Bulkley, ills. and des.,308-309
Injector, double tube universal, ills.,262
des.,264
exhaust steam, ills. and des.,255-256
high pressure exhaust steam, ills. and des.,257
how to start the exhaust steam,259
Korting, des.,264
“Manhattan” automatic, ills.,244
des.,251
Metropolitan double tube, ills.,248
des.,252
Metropolitan single tube, ills.,250
des.,252
Monitor, ills.,246
des.,252
not an economical device,249
peerless automatic, ills.,246
des.,251
peerless, names of parts,251
ills.,234
peerless, table of pressure and temperature of the,251
the exhaust steam,249
Injectors and ejectors,243-266
piping of “Manhattan” and peerless, ills. and des.,253
rules to govern the actions, etc., of,253-254
table of capacity of,252
three distinct types of,247
Inspection for causes of failure in starting a pump,371
Inspections, internal and external necessary,374
Inspirator, des.,249
Instructions and suggestions for the steam fire engine,129, 131, 135-137
Interchangeable socket wrench, ills. and des.,344
Inter-cooler, the, ills. and des.,74-78
Intermediate tap, ills. and des.,339
Interruption of flow by foreign body in suction,375
Inverted-cup valve,347
Irregularity in duplex pump, cause of,375
Irregular speed indicates trouble,376
Duty, unsteady discharge requires attention,376
“Isochronal” pump, def.,147
Jet condenser, ills. and des.,32, 303, 312
discovery of,301
Jet pump, the, ills. and des.,261
type of condenser,33
Joint, pipe, compounds for making, recipes,362
piping, des. and ills.,359-362
Keel condenser, what it consists of,311
Kerosene, effect on pipe joints,362
Key valve,47
“Kicking down” a well in the early days, ills., VIII.
Knight, E. H., classification of cocks and valves, 347
Korting injector, pieces composing the, shown in cuts page,263
names of the parts,264
La France steam fire engine pump, ills.,134
des.,139-141
Leakage, indications of,376
slight, unimportant,373
Leaks, often the cause of failure in starting a pump,371
Left and right-hand pumps, customary rule for,371
Life of boiler of steam fire engine, how prolonged,105
Lifter of steam injector,247
Lifting valve,347
Lime, carbonate of, in boiler scale,328
Liquid air, des.,64
Liquids under heavy pressure, pump for delivering, ills. and des.,154-155
Lobes of rotary pump, ills. and des.,209-210
Location for pumps, proper,371
Lombard, Nathaniel, pump governor; note,294
Lubrication, intermittent, to be avoided,375
Lubrication, proper, for packing,373
Magdeburg cups or hemispheres, ills. and des.,19
Magma sugar pump, ills. and des.,166-167
Magnesia, carbonate of in boiler scale,328
salt, etc., in water,380
must be removed,380
Main feed pump, uses for the,161
“Manhattan” automatic injector, ills.,244
des.,251
Marine pump, Davidson pattern, ills. and des.,156-157
Marine pumps,155-162
Ship’s pump,155
“Mariotte’s law”,17
Marks of parts necessary,374
Maslin automatic steam vacuum pump, ills.,271
des.,279
Mason elevator pump pressure regulator, ills. and des.,286-287
pump governor, ills. and des.,284-286
pump pressure regulator, ills. and des.,349-350
steam pump with receiver attached, ills. and des.,319
water reducing valve, ills. and des.,351
“Massachusetts pump,” des.,211
Matter, properties of,24
Measurements of pipe lines, how to be taken, ills.,368
Mechanical boiler cleaners,380
Mercury, inches of, def.,31
Metallic packings, popular and good,377
Meter, water, ills. and des.,329-332
Worthington water, ills. and des.,330-332
Meteorology, def.,179
Metropolitan double tube injector, ills.,248
des.,252
single tube injector, ills.,250
des.,252
Mine drainage, adaptation of the turbine pump for,233
pump columns, ills. and des.,363
Miner’s inch water measurement, ills.,388
Mining, Cataract steam pump, ills.,144
des.,146
Mining pump, double leather, ills.,145
des.,147
electric, ills., Part One,276
des., Part Two,147
hand-power, ills.,145
des.,148
the Cameron vertical plunger sinking, ills.,150-151
des.,152
the “Scranton,” ills. and des.,153-154
Mining pumps, des. and ills.,145-155
pumps, an advantage of; note,152
note relating to the cost of repairing a half-inch globe valve,145
use of compressed air in,71
Miscellaneous pumps,143-176
Molecules, repulsive force of,27
Monitor injector, ills.,246
des.,252
Monkey-wrenches, “knife-handle,” ills. and des.,344
Morris Machine Company’s centrifugal pump, steam-driven, ills. and des.,220-221
Mud, 20-inch hydraulic dredge for pumping mud, silt, etc.,221
Mullin’s Automatic controller, ills. and des.,352-353
Multi-stage centrifugal pump, ills. and des.,223-224
turbine pump, priming of, ills. and des.,228-229
Neck-cap of the modern pulsometer, ills. and des.,274
Neck-piece of the modern pulsometer, ills. and des.,274
Newcomen, discovery relating to condensation of steam,301
Nipple-Holder, pipe, ills. and des.,341
Norwalk compound compressor, des. and ills.,77-78
standard compressor, ills. and des.,56-58
note,78
Nozzles of steam fire engine,125
three types of, in steam injector,247
Nuts and screws must be kept tight,374
Oak-bark, directions for use,379
white, used in boilers,379
Oil-cock, des.,367
Oil, how used in the Cataract steam pump cylinder,146
Oil-pipe lines, pump for,155
tank steamer pump, ills. and des.,159-161
Packing, care of,372
economy of, narrow rings,372
for pump plungers,373
for pumps, suitable,372
how to fit,372
must be elastic, never rigid,372
for stuffing boxes, badly proportioned, glands too short,372
to cut square thinner, des. and ills.,383
Paper mills, particularly adapted for use of centrifugal pumps,214
Papin, Denis, inventor, account of,211
historical note,64
Parallel vise,341
Parker, Richard Green, quotation,14
Peerless automatic injector, ills.,246
des.,251
Pelton water wheel,60
Pilot or auxiliary valve, des.,348
Pipe, condenser spray, des.,306
connections, proper arrangements of,363
cutter, ills. and des.,338
fitting, des.,359
freezing of, how prevented, ills. and des.,381
gas and steam, how measured,367
joint, des. and ills.,359-363
telescopic, ills. and des.,152
Pipe lines, how measurements are to be taken, ills.,368
lines, steam,364
Pipe, making up a piece of,363
nipple holder, des.,341
originally a musical wind instrument,359
saddles for quick connections into pipes, ills.,382
spanner, ills. and des.,344
stock and die, des.,341
Pipe, suction, should be drained,377
tail, of condenser, ills.,312
thickness of standard,399
Pipe tongs, ills. and des.,343
vise, ills. and des.,340
Pipe, wooden, note relating to,364
wrench, Trimo, ills. and des.,343
advantages and disadvantages of,377
Pipes and fittings, note relating to,359
exposed, precautions against freezing,377
flow of water in cast iron; table,394-395
joints and fittings,359-368
relative advantages of,377
Pipes, small, rates of discharge; table,397
steam, to properly drain,374
strainers for suction, ills. and des.,325-328
Piping of Manhattan and peerless injectors, ills. and des.,253
of high pressure exhaust steam injector, ills. and des.,258
standard, “extra strong,” double extra strong, ills. and des.,367
to remove incrustations from injector,254
Piston, Follower type, how packed,383
Plug pipe, ills.,368
taps, ills. and des.,339
Plugs, drain,377
Plunger, deep well pump, ills. and des.,192
packing, dry, remedy for,377
packing, how to apply,373
water, how packed, des. and ills.,383
Pneumatics,15-30
Pneumatic syringe, ills. and des.,26
Pohle, Dr. Julius J., historical note,79
system of elevating liquids, ills. and des.,81-84
“Points” relating to the care and management of air compressors,61
Portable drilling machines, use of compressed air in, des.,57
form of pulsometer and boiler, ills. and des.,280
tool, def.,337
Ports, reducing capacity of, by substances,375
Power of a windmill, what it depends upon,190
wall or post air compressor, ills. and des.,72
Practical Engineer, ills. of air lift pump from, 89
Preface, IX
Pressure, atmosphere, surface condenser exerts,314
exerted by gases,26
in pounds for every foot up to 300 ft. height, etc.; Table,396
of air and gases, def.,17
of column of water; Table,396
of the atmosphere, def.,16
Pressure per square inch in pounds; Table,396
reducing valve, ills. and des.,349-350
Prime movers, def.,181
Priming methods adopted to suit centrifugal pumps of various designs, ills. and des.,228-229
Priming, to start,377
Propeller pump, the wood, ills. and des.,172-174
Pulsator,269
Pulsometer, des. and ills.,267-280
Pulsometer, action of,276-277
a form of vacuum pump,269
and boiler in portable form, ills. and des.,280
arrangements of, for emptying vats or tanks, ills. and des.,278
historical,269
important points to be attended to; note,279
Pulsometer, suggestions relative to placing of the pump; note,273
the modern, ills. and des.,270-273
the original, ills. and des.,268-271
the principal parts of, des. and ills.,277
Pump, air, Dean Brothers’ twin cylinder, ills. and des.,46-50
air lift, ills. and des.,79-90
Pump, American, driving mechanism of, ills. and des.,93, 98
and governor, des. and ills.,317-319
Buffalo centrifugal, ills. and des.,223
centrifugal, diagram of right and left-hand methods of discharge,225
centrifugal, four-stage, ills. and des.,224
multi-stage, ills. and des.,223-224
vertical, submerged type of, ills. and des.,222-223
Pump, circulating, des.,32
columns, mine, ills. and des.,363
Conover vacuum, ills. and des.,50-53
Corcoran double action suction force pump, ills. and des.,185-186
Davidson, marine, ills. and des.,156-157
Dean single vertical sinking, ills.,148
Dean vacuum, ills. and des.,42-43
deep well, working barrel of,192
Pump, difference between a hand pump and a windmill pump,187
Pump, Edwards’ air, ills. and des.,53-55
ejector, as a form of,259
Eve’s rotary, des. and ills.,196-197
Pump, failure in starting, cause,371
for salt water evaporator and distiller, ills. and des.,168
Pump, gas-fitter’s air proving, def. and ills.,29
Gould’s rotary, ills.,194
des.,199
Pump governor, Mason, ills. and des.,284-286
Nathaniel Lombard, note,294
utility, combination, des. and ills.,296
Pump governors, Carr steam, ills. and des.,288-291
hand oil, desirable,375
“Hessian Suck,” des.,211
hydraulic gauge test, ills. and des.,163
Pumping water, use of compressed air in, des.,59
“Isochronal,” def.,147
Maslin automatic steam vacuum, ills.,271
des.,279
“Massachusetts,” des.,211
mining, hand-power, ills.,145
des.,148
Pump of the Silsby steam fire engine,113
portable fire air,29
Quimby screw, ills. and des.,174-176
Root’s rotary, ills. and des.,209
Pump speed governors, ills. and des.,281-394
steam fire engine, ills. and des.,91-142
American, ills.,132, 133
des.,138-139
La France, ills.,134
des.,139-141
syphon, ills. and des.,188, 265
as attached to steam fire engine, ills.,93
the “Ballast,” ills. and des.,159-161
the Cameron vertical plunger sinking, ills.,150-151
des.,152
the Deane sugar-house, ills. and des.,164-165
the “Doctor” independent pump, ills. and des.,161-162
the injector can be used as a,249
the jet, ill. and des.,261
the Magna sugar, ills. and des.,166-167
the “Scranton” mining, ills. and des.,153-154
the ship’s,155
Taber rotary,200-202
Pumps, air and vacuum, ills. and des.,31
air pressure, ills. and des.,90
ammonia or acid, ills. and des.,171
auxiliary feed, often duplicated,161
Byron Jackson Machine Company’s turbine,236-242
Pumps, centrifugal, ills. and des.,211-230
circulating, ills.,219
des.,168
directions for erecting and running,226-228
fire, Holyoke pattern of rotary,203
Pumps, marine,155-162
methods of priming centrifugal pumps,228-229
Pumps, mining,145-155
an advantage of, note,152
Pumps, miscellaneous,143-176
of steam fire engine, des. and ills.,100, 106, 107
operation of large dredging,210
rotary and centrifugal,193-229
Pumps, rotary, ills. and des.,194-210
impellers or pistons of, ills. and des.,196
used for pumping thick stuff,165
Pumps, sinking, des. and ills.,148
“sugar-house”,165-167
Taber rotary,200-202
turbine,230-242
vacuum, single and cross compound double acting,37-39
vacuum, table of arrangement of valves,41
wind power, ills. and des.,185-192
Pump, the wood propeller, ills. and des.,172-174
the Worthington pressure, ills. and des.,154-155
the Worthington “wrecking” pump, ills. and des.,157-159
vacuum, Worthington vertical beam, ills. and des.,44-45
Pump, vertical, of the Clapp & Jones steam fire engine,118
windmill, operation of,187
Purification of water effected by the air lift pump,87
Purifying water,379
Quimby screw pump, ills. and des.,174-176
Raising sunken vessels, use of compressed air in, des.,59
“Rarefaction,” def.,18
“Rarefied,” def.,18
Ratchet drill, ills. and des.,338
Rates of discharge of small pipes; Table,397
Reamer, ills. and des.,339
Receiver, use of,317
Dean, Mason and Worthington steam pumps with receiver attached, des. and ills.,318-319
Receiving reservoir, def.,322
Rectangular surface condenser, the “Admiralty,” des.,303
Refrigerating and ice making, use of compressed air in, des.,59
Regulator, Mason elevator pump pressure, ills. and des.,286-287
Relieved cylinders, how to proceed,383
Remedy for air-bound pumps,371
Reservoir, def.,322
distributing, def.,322
receiving, def.,322
Reynolds-Corliss type, valve gear of,67
Right and left-hand pumps, how determined,371
Rings, how to cut to size,373
pattern, to be on hand,383
Riveters, use of compressed air in, des.,57
Root’s large rotary pump for dredging purposes, ills. and des.,208-210
Rotary and centrifugal pumps,193-229
pump driven by steam used for fire purposes, des.,205
ills.,206-207
Holyoke pattern,203
lobes of, ills. and des.,209-210
type used by the Silsby fire engine designers; sliding abutment of rotary pump, des.,199
ills. and des.,194-210
how divided into classes,196
impellers or pistons of, ills. and des.,196
speed of,174
Rotary steam fire engine, Silsby, des. and ills.,113
valve,347
Rules for approximately determining the size of a windmill to use in pumping,190
for obtaining the contents of a barrel in gallons,324
for setting of Deane vacuum pump valves,43
to govern the actions, etc., of injectors,253-254
Saddles, how attached to pipes, des.,382
pipe, substitute for tees,382
Sal soda, use of,380
Salts, magnesia, etc., in water,380
Salt water evaporator and distiller, pump for, ills. and des.,168
Root’s large rotary pump for salt water service,210
Sampson windmill, des.,190
Sand blasts, use of compressed air in, des.,57
large rotary pump for,210
or heavy material for pumping, speed of pump to be increased,219
Santovio of Padua, Italy, inventor of the pulsometer,269
Savery, Thomas, pump, when patented, ills. and des.,268-271
“Scranton” mining pump, ills. and des.,153-154
Screw pump, Quimby, ills. and des.,174-176
Schutte & Koerting Co., combined throttle and quick closing trip valve,348
condenser plant, revised by, ills. and des.,310
Second steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,93
Self-closing cock, des.,347
Self-propelled steam fire engines, Amoskeag pattern,142
Separators, necessary,374
Setting and operating of the Taber pumps,200-202
Ship’s ballast tank, def.,322
pump, the,155
pump, the “Donkey,” des.,161
Shop tools of all kinds, use of compressed air in, des.,57
Siamese connection for stand pipes,138
Sight feed cup, automatic in its operation,375
proper place for,375
when to fill,376
Sight feed, oil cups recommended,375
Silsby rotary steam fire engine, des. and ills.,113
Sinking caissons and driving tunnels through silt and soft earth, use of compressed air in, des.,59
Sinking or station pump, adaptation of the turbine pump for,233
des. and ills.,148
Deane single vertical, ills.,138
des.,149
Size of rings to use,373
Sleeve coupling, ills. and des.,367
Slide valve,347
Slippage, def., causes of,384
Socket wrench, interchangeable, ills. and des.,344
Spanner, ills. and des.,344
Speed controlling device, style A, Mason pump, method of operating, ills. and des.,288
Speed governor for water wheels, Holyoke improved, ills. and des.,291-294
pump governors, ills. and des.,281-294
Spray pipe and nozzle, ills.,312
Spring valve,347
Sprinkler, inside boiler to scatter particles that would otherwise form scale,380
Square packings, advantages of,372
“Staggered” tube system used in steam fire engine,104
Standard pipe sizes, ills.,367
Starting a pump, precautions in,371
Steam and air, relative space occupied by,378
boiler, feed water impurities, des.,327
cock, des.,347
cylinders, engines and pumps synonymous, require the same lubrication,375
driven centrifugal pump, Morris Machine Company’s, ills. and des.,220-221
end of air and vacuum pumps,35
Steam fire engine, ills. and des., 91-142
auxiliary appliances and supplies,99
“crane necked,” frame for,141
Fox boiler, des. and ills.,101-103
historical notes and ills.,92-99
inner and outer tube system, des.,104
instructions and suggestions, 129, 131, 135-137
nozzles,125
parts of,99
pumps, des. and ills.,106, 107
pumps, piston rods, exhaust, coal box, etc.,100, 101
self-propelled, Amoskeag pattern,142
stationary heater for, des.,105
suction strainers of, des. and ills.,109
table of effective fire streams for,117
“thaw-pipe” connected to,123
the Ahrens,126
Steam fire engine pump, the American, ills.,132, 133
des.,138-139
the Amoskeag, ills.,107, 128
des.,141-142
the boiler, des.,99
the Clapp & Jones,118
the La France, ills.,134
des.,139-141
Steam fire engine, the Silsby rotary, des. and ills.,113
appurtenances belonging to,111
Siamese connections for,138
valve motion of, des.,110
Steam induction condenser, exhaust, des. and ills.,308
Steam injector, exhaust, ills. and des.,255-256
injectors, three distinct types of,247
mains, bracket for supporting of, ills. and des.,364-365
materials for making,364
pipe lines,364
the proper anchoring and supporting of, ills. and des.,365
to properly drain,374
Steam pump, Deane automatic duplex, ills. and des.,318-319
Steam shovel of service in raising material,222
trap, des.,333-334
Steam, utilizing of exhaust; note,35
Stems valve, in suction must not leak,374
Stock and die pipe, ills. and des.,341
Stop-cock, des.,347
Stopping at night, precautions for,377
Stop valve, necessity of,371
Stover Manufacturing Company, makers of the Sampson windmill,190
Strainers for suction pipes of steam fire engines,138
for suction water pipes, ills. and des.,325-328
suction, of steam fire engine, des. and ills.,109
Stress on bolts,399
Stuffing boxes, failure under high pressure, cause,375
pump end, how lubricated,375
Submerged type of centrifugal vertical pump, ills. and des.,222-223
Suction hose for the steam fire engine, how fitted and carried,111
Suction pipe should be drained,377
pipes, strainers for, ills. and des.,325-328
strainers of steam fire engines, des. and ills.,109
valves must be well packed,374
“Sugar-house” pumps,165-167
pump, the Deane, ills. and des.,164-165
Sugar, action of in boilers,379
no action on copper, tin, lead and aluminum,379
Suggestions how to find the trouble in starting a pump,371
Sulphates deposited in order, des., 380
Surface condenser,32, 303, 313
extent of a,28
Swivel bench vise, ills. and des.,340
Syphon pump, des. and ills.,188
Syringe, Pneumatic, ills., and des.,26
Taber pumps, directions for settling and operating,200-202
Table of analysis of average boiler scale,328
arrangement of valves for air and vacuum pumps,41
average hourly velocity of the wind in the U. S.,183
Bliss-Heath dimensions and capacities of atmospheric pumps,171
bolt circles of standard pipe flanges,399
Table of capacities at varying heights above sea level,74
capacities, etc., of the universal double tube injector,264
and pipe sizes of sugar-house pumps,167
for 20-inch hydraulic dredge,221
of “Ballast” pump,161
of Boggs & Clarke hydraulic dredging pump,218
of Davidson marine pump,157
of Deane single sugar-house pump,165
of injectors,252
of tanks and cisterns,324
of the Deane single vertical sinking pump,149
of Worthington “wrecking” pump,159
Table of classification of steam fire engines,93
of Contents, XI.
of contents of cylinders in cubic feet for each foot of depth,398
Table of diameters of cisterns in decimals of a foot,398
dimensions of noiseless water heater,266
of the Bordo blow-off valve,356
of water pressure ejector,266
Table of discharge per minute under given heads,392-393
of effective fire streams,117
of flow of water in cast iron pipes,394-395
Table of flow of water over Weir Dam,391
friction heads at given rates,394-395
friction heads in small pipes,397
friction, loss in pounds pressure,392-393
rates of discharge of small pipes,397
parts of the “Imperial” air compressor,70
pressure in pounds for every foot up to 300 ft. height, etc.,396
Table of pressure of column of water, per square inch in pounds,396
of sizes, capacity, etc., of the Cataract steam pump,147
of sizes, etc., of the “Blake” compressor,73
sizes and capacities of ejectors,259
Table of standard sizes of flanges,399
test of air and vacuum pumps,41
velocity of flow in pipes,392-393
Tables and data,387-400
dimensions and capacities of the Quimby screw pump,176
pressure and temperature of the peerless injector,251
relating to the sizes and capacities of pumping mills,189-190
Tail pipe of condenser, ills.,312
“Take-off” ring of Fox boiler, des. and ills.,103
Tank, def. of,321
ball cock, operation of, ills. and des.,320
closed pressure, ills. and des.,321-323
feeding into top or bottom,373
graduated, def.,322
hoops, lugs and lock nut nipples, important parts of,323
needed strength of a,323
valves,323
Tanks and cisterns,188, 321-324
table of capacity for,324
arrangements of pulsometer for emptying, ills. and des.,278
computation for finding weight of,324
foundations for,323
Tanneries, particularly adapted for use in centrifugal pump,214
Tap, ills. and des.,339
“Tapping,” des. of process,339
Tapping iron furnaces, use of compressed air in, des.,59
Tee, beaded malleable iron, ills. and des.,367
malleable iron, ills. and des.,363
pipe, ills.,368
Telescopic pipe joint, ills. and des.,152
Temperature of gases,28
Ten thousand horse power turbine wheel, ills., IV
Test pump, hydraulic gauge, ills. and des.,163
“Thaw-pipe” connected to Clapp & Jones steam fire engine,123
Theoretical operations of air compressors,63
Theory of air lift,80
Thermometer, des.,18
Thick stuff, the handling of, des.,165
Third steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,93
Three-way cock, des.,347
Throttle and quick closing trip valve, ills.,336
des.,348
valve, automatic, for boiler feed pump, ills. and des.,352-353
Thud, causes of, in pumps,375
Tire air pump,29
Tongs, chain,343
pipe, ills. and des.,343
Tools, def.,337
valves and piping,335-356
Towers, cooling, des.,33
Transmitting messages through pneumatic tubes, use of compressed air in, des.,59
Trap, Anderson steam, des. and ills.,332-333
steam, des.,333-334
Trimo pipe wrench, ills. and des.,343
Try-cock, des.,347
Tub, des.,323
Tube of condenser, ills. and des.,305
Tubing, including boiler tubes, how measured,367
Turbine pump, multi-stage, how primed, ills. and des.,228
Turbine pump, space occupied by; note,233
pumps,230-242
Byron Jackson Machine Company’s,236-242
Turbine wheel, ten thousand horse power, ills.,IV
Two-stage or compounded compression,74-75
Union, Dart, ills. and des.,367
flange, ills. and des.,363
pipe, ills.,368
Universal double tube injector, ills.,262
des.,264
Uses of compressed air,57
Utilities and attachments,315-334
Utility, def. of,317
Vacuum, def.,31
des.,299
chamber necessary for high lifts,374
remedy for pounding,374
gauge, why graduated in inches; note,21
pumps, single and cross compound double acting,37-39
table of arrangement of valves,41
table of test,41
synonymous with air,373
the Conover condenser, ills. and des.,50-53
the Deane, ills. and des.,42-43
the Edwards, ills. and des.,53-55
the Maslin automatic steam, ills.,271
des.,279
the Worthington vertical beam, ills. and des.,44-45
Valve, def.,347
automatic throttle, for boiler feed pump, ills. and des.,352-353
auxiliary or pilot, des.,348
Bordo blow-off, ills. and des.,354-355
churn, for feeding the steam fire engine, des.,111
connection of,346
Valve for Carr steam pump governors, ills. and des.,290-291
gear of the Clapp & Jones Village Engine,122
of the Reynolds-Corliss type,67
heart created on the principles of,347
hinged,347
inverted-cup,347
key,347
lifting,347
Mason water reducing, ills. and des.,351
Valve motion of steam fire engines, des.,110
pressure reducing, ills. and des.,349-350
rotary,347
slide,347
spring,347
throttle and quick closing trip, ills.,336
des.,348
clogging of, remedy,375
“Corcoran” tank,323
lift of, important for high pressures,375
names, how derived,347
Valves of an air compressor, how operated by mechanical means,65
rule for setting of Deane vacuum pump,43
several classes of,347
suction, must be well packed,374
Vat, des.,323
“Van Duzen’s steam jet pump”; note,260
Vapor, def.,16
Velocity, average of the wind for the U. S.,182
of flow in pipes; Table,392-393
water entering suction,378
water in discharge pipes,378
relative, of water in large and small pipes,378
Vertical duplex compressor,64-71
pump of four-stage turbine, ills.,238
des.,241
Vise, pipe, ills. and des.,340
swivel bench, ills. and des.,340
“Volute,” def. of,211
centrifugal pump, the Worthington, why so named, des.,229
centrifugals, des.,229
Volz combination of condenser and feed-water heater, ills. and des.,304, 305, 306
Water “Ballast” pump, des. and ills.,160
Barometer, how made,31
cock, des.,347
contamination of, to be prevented,375
Weir Dam measurement, des. and ills.,390
Water, discharge per minute under given heads; Table,392
expansion of, by freezing,381
Miner’s Inch, flow of,388
Waterhammer, prevention of, ills. and des.,381
Water heater, noiseless, ills. and des.,265-266
meter, ills. and des.,329-332
to read the dial of a, ills.,332
Worthington, ills. and des.,330-332
Water, open stream measurement,390
penetrating force of, under high pressure,381
plunger, how packed, des. and ills.,383
pressure ejector, ills. and des.,266
pressure of column of; Table,396
purifying of,379
reducing valve, Mason, ills. and des.,351
relative velocity of, in large and small pipes,378
velocity of, in discharge pipes,378
Water wheels, Holyoke improved speed governors for, ills. and des.,291-294
Turbine, ills., IV
Water works, mine drainage, adaptation of the turbine pump for,233
Wear of parts, inspections necessary,374
Weather bureaus, table of the average hourly velocity of wind in the U. S.,183
Weight of gases, def.,26
Well heads, three styles of, des. and ills.,86-87
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., 75-H. P. induction motor, 241
Wheeler Condenser and Engineering Co., referred to,306
Windmill governor, ills. and des.,188
pump, des.,187
operation of,187
rules for approximately determining the size of,190
as a prime mover,182
Windmills, note relating to,183
the Corcoran, ills. and des.,184-186
Windmill, the power of, upon what it depends,190
Windmotors, why so named,187
power pumps ills. and des.,185, 192
power as a source of energy,181
Wind produced by gravitation,180
average velocity of, for the U. S.,182
Wooden pipe, note relating to,364
Wood propeller pump, the, ills. and des.,172-174
Working, improper, to find cause of,375
Worthington centrifugal pumps divided into Conoidal, Volute and Turbine, des.,229
condensing apparatus, operation of,307
duplex steam pump with receiver attached, ills. and des.,319
pressure pump, the, ills. and des.,154-155
turbine pump, ills. and des.,230
vertical beam vacuum pump, ills. and des.,44-45
water meter, ills. and des.,330-332
“wrecking” pump the, ills. and des.,157-159
“Wrecking” pump, ills. and des.,157-159
Wrench, def.,345
monkey, ills. and des.,344
interchangeable socket, ills. and des.,344
single-ended, double-ended, open-ended, box-wrench, des.,345
Trimo pipe, ills. and des.,343
Zinc, attacked strongly by sugar,379
