Maxims and Instructions for the Boiler Room / Useful to Engineers, Firemen & Mechanics; Relating to Steam Generators, Pumps, Appliances, Steam Heating, Practical Plumbing, etc.

Weight per Running Foot of Cast Steel.

Comparison of Principal Gauges in use.

NOISELESS WATER HEATER.

This device is very effective for heating water in open or closed tanks by direct steam pressure without noise. The heater consists of an outward and upward discharging steam nozzle, covered by a shield which has numerous openings for the admission of water so that the discharge jet takes the form of an inverted cone, discharging upwards.

A small pipe admits air to the steam jet, and by mixing therewith prevents a collapse of the steam bubbles, and the noise, which is such a great objection to heating by direct steam in the old way. A valve or cock on the small air pipe regulates the opening as may appear most desirable.

Exhaust steam can by the same method be disposed of under water without noise.

ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES.

Few subjects can more usefully employ the attention and study of engineers than the proper treatment and first remedies made necessary by the peculiar and distressing accidents to which persons are liable who are employed in or around a steam plant.

These and many other things of a like nature are likely to call for a cool head, a steady hand and some practical knowledge of what is to be done.

In the first moments of sudden disaster, of any kind, the thoroughly trained engineer is nearly always found, in the confusion incident to such a time, to be the one most competent to advise and direct the efforts made to avert the danger to life limb or property, and to remedy the worst after effects.

To fulfil this responsibility is worth much previous preparation, so that the best things under the circumstances may be done quickly and efficiently. To this end the following advice is given relating to the most common accidents which are likely to happen, in spite of the utmost exercise of care and prudence.

Burns and Scalds.—Burns are produced by heated solids or by flames of some combustible substance; scalds are produced by steam or a heated liquid. The severity of the accident depends mainly, 1, on the intensity of the heat of the burning body, together with, 2, the extent of surface, and, 3, the vitality of the parts involved in the injury, thus: a person may have a finger burned off with less danger to life than an extensive scald of his back.

The immediate effect of scalds is generally less violent than that of burns; fluids not being capable of acquiring so high a temperature as some solids, but flowing about with great facility, their effects become most serious by extending to a large surface of the body. A burn which instantly destroys the part which it touches may be free from dangerous complications, if the injured part is confined within a small compass; this is owing to the peculiar formation of the skin.

The skin is made up of two layers; the outer one has neither blood vessels nor nerves, and is called the scarf-skin or cuticle; the lower layer is called the true skin, or cutis. The latter is richly supplied with nerves and blood vessels, and is so highly sensitive we could not endure life unless protected by the cuticle. The skin, while soft and thin, is yet strong enough to enable us to come in contact with objects without pain or inconvenience.

The extent of the surface involved, the depth of the injury, the vitality and sensibility of the parts affected must all be duly weighed in estimating the severity and danger of an accident in any given case.

In severe cases of burns or scalds the clothes should be removed with the greatest care—they should be carefully cut, at the seams, and not pulled off.

In scalding by boiling water or steam, cold water should be plentifully poured over the person and clothes, and the patient then be carried to a warm room, laid on the floor or a table but not put to bed, as there it becomes difficult to attend further to the injuries.

The secret of the treatment is to avoid chafing, and to keep out the air. Save the skin unbroken, if possible, taking care not to break the blisters; after removal of the clothing an application, to the injured surface, of a mixture of soot and lard, is, according to practical experience, an excellent and efficient remedy. The two or three following methods of treatment also are recommended according to convenience in obtaining the remedies.

Take ice well crushed or scraped, as dry as possible, then mix it with fresh lard until a broken paste is formed; the mass should be put in a thin cambric bag, laid upon the burn or scald and replaced as required. So long as the ice and lard are melting there is no pain from the burn, return of pain calls for a repetition of the remedy.

The free use of soft soap upon a fresh burn will remove the fire from the flesh in a very little time, in ¹⁄₄ to ¹⁄₂ an hour. If the burn be severe, after relief from the burn, use linseed oil and then sift upon it wheat flour. When this is dried repeat the oil and flour until a complete covering is formed. Let this dry until it falls off, and a new skin will be formed without a scar.

In burns with lime, soap lye, or any caustic alkali, wash abundantly with water (do not rub), and then with weak vinegar or water containing a little sulphuric acid; finally apply oil, paste or mixture as in ordinary burns.

It would be well to always keep ready mixed an ointment for burns; in fact a previous readiness for an accident robs it of half its ill effects.

Glue Burn Mixture.

A method in use in the N. Y. City Hospital known as the “glue burn mixture” is composed as follows: “7¹⁄₂ Troy oz. white glue, 16 fluid oz. water, 1 fluid oz. glycerine, 2 fluid drachms carbolic acid. Soak the glue in the water until it is soft, then heat on a water bath until melted; add the glycerine and carbolic acid and continue heating until, in the intervals of stirring, a glossy strong skin begins to form over the surface. Pour the mass into small jars, cover with parafine papers and tin foil before the lid of the jar is put on and afterwards protect by paper pasted round the edge of the lid. In this manner the mixture may be preserved indefinitely.

“When wanted for use, heat in a water bath and apply with a flat brush over the burned part.”

Insensibility from Smoke.—To recover a person from this dash cold water in the face, or cold and hot water alternately. Should this fail turn the patient on his face with the arms folded under his forehead; apply pressure along the back and ribs and turn the body gradually on the side; then again slowly on the face, repeating the pressure on the back: continue the alternate rolling movements about sixteen times a minute until breathing is restored. A warm bath will complete the cure.

Heat-stroke or Sun-stroke.—The worst cases occur where the sun’s rays never penetrate and are caused by the extreme heat of close and confined rooms, overheated workshops, boiler-rooms, etc. The symptoms are: 1, a sudden loss of consciousness; 2, heavy breathing; 3, great heat of the skin; and 4, a marked absence of sweat.

Treatment.—The main thing is to lower the temperature. To do this, strip off the clothing, apply chopped ice wrapped in flannel to the head; rub ice over the chest, and place pieces under the armpits and at the side. If no ice can be had use sheets or cloths wet with cold water, or the body can be stripped and sprinkled with cold water from a common watering pot.

Cuts and Wounds.—In these the chief points to be attended to are: 1, arrest the bleeding; 2, remove from the wound all foreign bodies as soon as possible; 3, bring the wounded parts opposite to each other and keep them so; this is best done by means of strips of adhesive plaster, first applied to one side of the wound and then secured to the other; these strips should not be too broad, and space must be left between the strips to allow any matter to escape. Wounds too extensive to be held together by plaster must be stitched by a surgeon, who should always be sent for in all severe cases.

For washing a wound, to every pint of water add 2¹⁄₂ teaspoonfuls of carbolic acid and 2 tablespoonfuls of glycerine—if these are not obtainable, add 4 tablespoonsful of borax to the pint of water—wash the wound, close it, and apply a compress of a folded square of cotton or linen; wet it in the solution used for washing the wound and bandage down quickly and firmly. If the bleeding is profuse, a sponge dipped in very hot water and wrung out in a cloth should be applied as quickly as possible—if this is not to be had, use ice or cloth wrung out in ice water.

Wounds heal in two ways. 1, rapidly by primary union, without suppuration, and leaving only a very fine scar. 2, slowly by suppuration and the formation of granulations and leaving a large red scar.

Bleeding.—This is of three kinds: 1, from the arteries which lead from the heart; 2, that which comes from the veins, which take the blood back to the heart; 3, that from the small veins which carry the blood to the surface of the body. In the first, the blood is bright scarlet and escapes as though it was being pumped. In the second, the blood is dark red and flows away in an uninterrupted stream. In the third, the blood oozes out. In some wounds all three kinds of bleeding occur at the same time.

The simplest and best remedy to stop the bleeding is to apply direct pressure on the external wound by the fingers. Should the wound be long and gaping, a compress of some soft material large enough to fill the cavity may be pressed into it; but this should always be avoided, if possible, as it prevents the natural closing of the wound.

Pressure with the hands will not suffice to restrain bleeding in severe cases for a great length of time and recourse must be had to a ligature; this can best be made with a pocket handkerchief or other article of apparel, long enough and strong enough to bind the limb. Fold the article neck-tie fashion, then place a smooth stone, or anything serving for a firm pad, on the artery, tie the handkerchief loosely, insert any available stick in the loop and proceed to twist it, as if wringing a towel, until just tight enough to stop the flow. Examine the wound from time to time, lessen the compression if it becomes very cold or purple, or tighten up the handkerchief if it commences bleeding.

Some knowledge of anatomy is necessary to guide the operator where to press. Bleeding from the head and upper neck requires pressure to be placed on the large artery which passes up beside the windpipe and just above the collar bone. The artery supplying the arm and hand runs down the inside of the upper arm, almost in line with the coat seam, and should be pressed as shown in Fig. 185. The artery feeding the leg and foot can be felt in the crease of the groin, just where the flesh of the thigh seems to meet the flesh of the abdomen and this is the best place to apply the ligature. In arterial bleeding the pressure must be put between the heart and the wound, while in venous bleeding it must be beyond the wound to stop the flow as it goes towards the heart.

In any case of bleeding, the person may become weak and faint; unless the blood is flowing actively this is not a serious sign, and the quiet condition of the faint often assists nature in staying the bleeding, by allowing the blood to clot and so block up any wound in a blood vessel. Unless the faint is prolonged or the patient is losing much blood, it is better not to hasten to relieve the faint condition; when in this state anything like excitement should be avoided, external warmth should be applied, the person covered with blankets, and bottles of hot water or hot bricks applied to the feet and arm-pits.

Frost-bite.—No warm air, warm water, or fire should be allowed near the frozen parts until the natural temperature is nearly restored; rub the affected parts gently with snow or snow water in a cold room; the circulation should be restored very slowly; and great care must be taken in the after treatment.

Broken Bones.—The treatment consists of, 1, carefully removing or cutting away, if more convenient, any of the clothes which are compressing or hurting the injured parts; 2, very gently replacing the bones in their natural position and shape, as nearly as possible, and putting the part in a position which gives most ease to the patient; 3, applying some temporary splint or appliance, which will keep the broken bones from moving about and tearing the flesh; for this purpose, pieces of wood, pasteboard, straw, or firmly folded cloth may be used, taking care to pad the splints with some soft material and not to apply them too tightly, while the splints may be tied by loops of rope, string, or strips of cloth; 4, conveying the patient home or to a hospital.

The bearer then places his arm behind the back of the patient and grasps his opposite hip, at the same time catching firmly hold of the hand of the patient resting on his shoulder, with his other hand; then by putting his hip behind the near hip of the patient, much support is given, and if necessary, the bearer can lift him off the ground and as it were, carry him along.

Poultices.—These outward applications are useful to relieve sudden cramps and pains due to severe injuries, sprains and colds. The secret of applying a mustard is to apply it hot and keep it so by frequent changes—if it gets cold and clammy it will do more harm than good. Poultices to be of any service and hold its heat should be from one-half to one inch thick. To make it, take flaxseed, oatmeal, rye meal, bread, or ground slippery elm; stir the meal slowly into a bowl of boiling water, until a thin and smooth dough is formed. To apply it, take a piece of old linen of the right size, fold it in the middle; spread the dough evenly on one half of the cloth and cover it with the other.

To make a “mustard paste” as it is called, mix one or two tablespoonfuls of mustard and the same of fine flour, with enough water to make the mixture an even paste; spread it neatly with a table knife on a piece of old linen, or even cotton cloth. Cover the face of the paste with a piece of thin muslin.

How to Carry an Injured Person.—In case of an injury where walking is impossible, and lying down is not absolutely necessary, the injured person may be seated in a chair, and carried; or he may sit upon a board, the ends of which are carried by two men, around whose necks he should place his arms so as to steady himself.

Where an injured person can walk he will get much help by putting his arms over the shoulders and round the necks of two others.

A seat may be made with four hands and the person may be thus carried and steadied by clasping his arms around the necks of his bearers.

If only one person is available and the patient can stand up, let him place one arm round the neck of the bearer, bringing his hand on and in front of the opposite shoulder of the bearer.

To get at a broken limb, or rib, the clothing must be removed, and it is essential that this be done without injury to the patient; the simplest plan is to rip up the seams of such garments as are in the way. Boots must be cut off. It is not imperatively necessary to do anything to a broken limb before the arrival of a doctor except to keep it perfectly at rest.

To carry an injured person by a stretcher (which can be made of a door, shutter, or settee—with blankets or shawls or coats for pillows) three persons are necessary. In lifting the patient on the stretcher it should be laid with its foot to his head, so that both are in the same straight line; then one or two persons should stand on each side of him, and raise him from the ground, slip him on the stretcher; this to avoid the necessity of any one stepping over the stretcher, and the liability of stumbling. If a limb is crushed or broken, it may be laid upon a pillow with bandages tied around the whole ( i.e., pillow and limb) to keep it from slipping about. In carrying the stretcher the bearers should “break step” with short paces; hurrying and jolting should be avoided and the stretcher should be carried so that the patient may be in plain sight of the bearers.

PERSONAL.

The fireman, so called, in steam service of any description, should and does on the average receive double the compensation of a man who has only his labor to bargain for.

In addition, he exercises his skillful vocation in sheltered places and is almost the last of the employees of a plant to be “laid off” and is certainly the first to be called on again after stoppage.

Still further, the fireman has an almost equal opportunity, with the best shop trained machinist, for advancement to the position of engineer in charge of the most extensive steam plants.

Now! this increased pay over ordinary labor and other numerous advantages accruing from the position, demand a generous return, and in ending this work, the author suggests these “points” for observance to the aspiring student, whether engineer, fireman, or machinist, namely—that sobriety should be held one of the first elements of strict observance; an unresting tidiness of person and premises; dignity of conduct, as being owed to the rising profession of steam engineering; and lastly, an unswerving fidelity of trust, which may include honesty, truthfulness and courage.

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MAXIMS AND INSTRUCTIONS.

• Accidents and Emergencies, 313.
• Factory rules to prevent, 293.
• Government rules to prevent, 290.
• Acid, definition, 137.
• Advantages of triple draught tubular boiler, 84.
• Air used in burning 1 lb. of coal, 14.
• ditto, how supplied to the coal, 14.
• Description, 16.
• As a material substance, 16.
• Density at different depths, 16.
• Weight of a column of air, 17.
• As a fluid, 17.
• As an impenetrable body, 17.
• Five “points” for the engineer, 17.
• Composition of, 17.
• Specific heat of, 215.
• Air valve, use of, 255.
• Alcohol, specific heat of, 214.
• Alkalies, definition, 137.
• Alum, boiling point of, 37.
• Ammoniac (Sal), boiling point of, 37.
• Analysis of anthracite coal, 13.
• Of bituminous coal, 13.
• Of wood, 13.
• Of heat, 13.
• Of scale deposited in marine boilers, 146.
• Of feed waters, 139-140.
• Angle and T iron, dimensions and shape, 104.
• Angle brick, 237.
• Angle-valve, description, 273.
• Anthracite coal, analysis of, 13.
• Ignited with difficulty, 16.
• Antimony, melting point, 42.
• Answers of applicants for a marine license, 127.
• Arch-brick, 237.
• Area of safety valve, rule for finding, 192.
• Ash pit, the, 238.
• How kept during firing, 27.
• Assistant engineers, classification of, 310.
• Back pressure valves, description, 273.
• Baffle plate, description, 169, 180.
• Ball valve, description, 273.
• Bark, effect on steam boilers, 151.
• Barrel, rule for finding contents of, 203.
• Bars, grate, description, 173.
• Before lighting the fire, directions, 25.
• Belts, how to safely run on pullies, 291.
• Bending lead pipe, 304.
• Bib cock, description, 273.
• Bituminous coal, analysis of, 13.
• How burned, 16.
• Blast pipe for marine boiler, 63.
• Bleeding, treatment of, 317.
• Blowers for shavings, 20.
• Blow off, description, 81.
• Surface, description, 161.
• Boilers, description, 48.
• Upright steam, 50.
• Crude form, 52.
• Plain cylinder, description, 52.
• Cornish, description, 54.
• Lancashire, description, 55.
• Galloway, description of, 58.
• Marine, description of, 60.
• Marine, table of dimensions, 62.
• Locomotive portable, 80.
• Construction of, 89.
• Caulking, 94.
• Dangers from syphoning, 288.
• Dangers from gas, 288.
• Foaming in, 42.
• Fulcring, 94.
• Horse power of, 234.
• Proper steam connection for, 276.
• Boiler braces, “points” relating to, 104.
• Boiler coverings, 273.
• Boiler, Compound, composition of, 151-152.
• Compound, for locomotives, 149.
• Boiler castings, specification of, 86.
• Boiler cleaners, mechanical description, 159, 160.
• Boiler explosions, causes of, 286.
• Boiler fittings and mountings, 87.
• Fixtures, description, 164.
• Boiler flue brushes, use of, 21.
• Boiler fronts, description, 165.
• Boiler injector, description, 206.
• Boiling, process of, 37.
• Boiling points of various substances, 37.
• Boiler maker’s tools and machinery, 281.
• Boilers newly set, how fired, 28.
• No two alike, 25.
• Boiler and pipe covering, mixtures for, 275-276.
• Boiler plates, example of riveting, 114.
• Marks on, 88.
• Boiler repairs, 123.
• Note, 125.
• Boiler scale, analysis of, 148.
• Boiler scum, how formed, 150.
• Boiler setting, 236.
• Boiler steel, description of quality, 90.
• Boiler tubes, dimensions of lap welded tubes, 110.
• Table of holding power, 111.
• Experiments in strength of, 111.
• Notes, 110, 112.
• Illustration of size, 245.
• Boiler testing, specification, 87.
• Bolts, strain on, rule, 99.
• Socket, description, 103.
• Bolt, plumber’s copper pointed, 308.
• Bones, broken, treatment of, 318.
• Borer, tap, plumber’s, 306.
• Box coil, description, 257.
• Brace, difference between, and stay, 103.
• Head to head, description, 103.
• Crow foot, 103.
• Braces, shop names for, 103.
• Table for calculations, 107-109.
• Table of diameters, 103.
• Inspector’s rules, 102.
• Specification for, 86.
• “Points” relating to, 104.
• Bracing of steam boilers, 96.
• Bracket, valve, description, 272.
• Brass, conducting power of, 213.
• Brick, furnace, 237.
• Brine valve, description, 277.
• Broken bones, treatment of, 318.
• Burns and scalds, treatment of, 313.
• Burn mixture, 315.
• Bushing, description, 274.
• Butt joint, illustration, 115.
• Calculations relating to steam heating, 262.
• Relating to pumps, 22.
• Relating to safety valves, 191.
• Calipers, use of, 22.
• Cape chisel, 307, 281.
• Carbon, description of, 229.
• Carbonate, definition, 136.
• Of magnesia, definition, 138.
• Of lime, at what temperature deposited, 148.
• Carbonic acid, in water how detected, 153-154.
• Specific heat of, 215.
• Carbonic acid gas, description of, 230.
• Carbonic oxide, description of, 231.
• Specific heat of, 215.
• Carbonization, method of, 15.
• Care and management of the steam boiler, 24.
• Care of steam fittings, 268.
• Care of water tube boilers, 70.
• Castings, for boiler, specification, 86.
• Caulking, description, 94.
• Caulking tools, plumber’s, 308.
• Certificates of Inspection, issuing of, 131.
• Chain riveting, example, 93.
• Chapter of “Don’ts,” 44-47.
• Charcoal, description, 15.
• Specific heat of, 214.
• Charcoal Iron, description, 88.
• Check valve, description, 273.
• Chemical terms relating to feed water, 136.
• Chemistry, definition, 136.
• Chemistry of the furnace, 226.
• Chief engineers, classification of, 310.
• Chimney draught, 296.
• Chisel, cold, 307.
• Cape, 307.
• Round nose, 307.
• Half round nose, 307.
• Wood, 307.
• Diamond nose, 307.
• Gasket, 308.
• Chloride, definition, 137.
• Chlorides, how indicated in water, 157.
• C. H. No. 1 F, 88.
• C. H. No. 1 FB, 88.
• Circle brick, 237.
• Circulation, water, 294.
• Cisterns, capacity of, 202.
• Clamp, boiler, description and cut, 123.
• Classification of marine engineers, 310.
• Cleaners, mechanical boiler, description, 159-180.
• Cleaning out boilers under firing, 20.
• Coal tar, how best fired, 30.
• Coal, 13.
• What it consists of, 13.
• Common proportions, 13.
• Introduction of air in burning, 13.
• Bituminous, how it burns, 16.
• Anthracite, how it burns, 16.
• Comparative evaporation, 18.
• Specific heat of, 214.
• Storing and handling of, 225.
• Cocks, description, 270.
• Valve, description, 272.
• Gauge, description, 170.
• Bib, description, 273.
• Three way, description, 273.
• Four way, description, 273.
• Coil, box, description, 257.
• Pipe, description, 257.
• Coke, description, 15.
• Comparative evaporation, 18.
• Ratio between heating and grate surface, 28.
• How best fired, 28.
• Specific heat of, 214.
• Cold chisel, 307.
• Cold short, definition, 121.
• Columns, glass water gauge, 177.
• Combustible parts of coal, 16.
• Combustion, operation on materials, 16.
• Chamber, 238.
• Chambers of marine boilers, 62.
• Compasses, use of, 22.
• Compass saw, 308.
• Compound, boiler, composition, 151-2.
• For locomotive boilers, 149.
• C No. 1, iron, 88.
• Condenser, surface description, 65.
• Operation of, 66.
• Conducting power of various substances, 213.
• Conical head of rivets, description, 113.
• Construction of boilers, description, 89.
• And drawing rivet heads, 113.
• Contraction of area, definition, 121.
• Conveyors, screw, 20.
• Copper, conducting power of, 213.
• Radiating power of, 213.
• Specific heat of, 214.
• Cornish boiler, description of, 54.
• Defects of, 54.
• Corrosion of steam boilers, 126, 142, 144.
• Coverings for pipes and boilers, 275.
• Coupling, description, 274.
• For pipe, 250.
• Cracks in boilers, how to repair, 123.
• Cross T, description, 274.
• Crowfoot brace, 103.
• Cup head of rivets, description, 118.
• Cutaway front, description, 165-167.
• Cuts and wounds, treatment of, 316.
• Cylinder boiler, description, 52.
• Defects of, 53.
• Dampers and doors to the furnace, 39.
• Damper regulators, description, 185.
• Danger, points, in steam boiler, 125.
• Dart, description and cut, 19.
• Dead end of pipe, 284.
• Dead plate, description, 180, 237.
• Dead steam, description, 282.
• Dedication, 5.
• Defects, table of, 125.
• Defects and necessary repairs to boilers, 123.
• Definition of Terms, 121.
• Designing boilers, relating to stayed surfaces, 99.
• Device for using kerosene oil, 158.
• Diamond nose chisel, 307.
• Directions before lighting the fire, 25.
• For firing with various fuels, 27.
• Disc for boiler makers, 281.
• “Don’ts,” a chapter of, 44-47.
• Doors, furnace, description, 168-170.
• Double seat valve, description, 273.
• Also see Fig. 158.
• Drain, the steam, description, 81.
• Drainage and piping, description and illustration, 299.
• Drain cock, description, 181.
• Draughts, at time of lighting the fire, 26.
• Of chimney, 296.
• Regulating the draught, 41.
• Drawings of rivet heads, 118.
• Drum, mud, description, 179.
• Dry steam, description, 282.
• Ductile, definition, 121.
• Dudgeon expanders, description, 281.
• Duties of the fireman, 27.
• Duty of boiler, specification, 87.
• Dust (coal), firing of, 40.
• Economizer, fuel, description, 185.
• Elasticity, definition, 121.
• Elastic limit, definition, 121.
• Elbow, description, 274.
• Element, definition, 136.
• Ell, description, 274.
• Elongation of steel plate, 90.
• Definition, 121.
• Ether, specific heat of, 214.
• Engineer’s questions, 133.
• Examinations, “points, ”133.
• Tests for impurities in water, 153.
• Evans, Oliver., viii.
• Examination of engineers, 133.
• Exhaust steam heating, 267.
• Expanders (dudgeon), 281.
• Expansion (linear), of steam pipe, 270.
• Explosions, boiler, 286.
• Of steam pipe, 287.
• Factory rules to prevent accident, 293.
• Fatigued, definition, 121.
• Feed water, analysis of, 139-140.
• Engineer’s tests, 153.
• A precipitator for sea water, 146.
• Examples of analysis, 140-141.
• Preliminary precipitation, 144.
• Description, 196.
• Heaters, “points” relating to, 201.
• Heaters, table of savings, 200.
• Purifier, description, 185.
• Fire, thickness of, 40.
• What to do in case of, 40.
• Fire box iron, description, 88.
• Fire brick arch in locomotive, 35.
• Fire clay, conducting power of, 213.
• Fire door, 237.
• Fire irons, 21.
• Firemen, advantages of trained, 24.
• Fire pails, use of, 21.
• Firing, trick of, 24.
• Boilers newly set, 28.
• With straw, description, 31.
• Duties of the fireman, 27.
• Ocean steamer, description, 32.
• Improper method, 27.
• Proper method, 26.
• With oil, description, 32.
• With coal tar, description, 30.
• Of twenty horse power, description, 30.
• Sixteen steam boilers, description, 29.
• With shavings, 33.
• With coke, directions, 28.
• Of steam boilers, 24.
• Under a boiler, gases and solids produced, 16.
• With saw dust, 33.
• A new plant, 37.
• With coal dust and screenings, 40.
• Firing with tan bark, 36.
• Boilers, experiments in England, 40,
• A locomotive, 35.
• Files, use of, 21.
• Fish trap, 205.
• Fittings of marine boilers, 63.
• For boiler, specification, 87.
• Fixtures, boiler, description, 164.
• Flame, luminous, 41.
• Of anthracite coal, 16.
• Flange iron, description, 88.
• Flange of boiler head, proper radius, 103.
• Flanges for pipe, 248.
• Flanges, how to be turned, etc., 85.
• Flat surfaces in boilers, how to stay, 98.
• Flues and tubes, sweeping, 39.
• Flush front, description, 165-166.
• Foaming in boilers, 42.
• Four way cock, description, 273.
• Fronts, boiler, description, 165.
• Frost-bite, treatment of, 317.
• Fuel, loss of, by incrustation, 143.
• Fuel economizer, description, 185.
• Fuel-oil, 289.
• Rules relating to, 290.
• Fuels, liquid and gas, 15.
• Table of comparative evaporative value, 18.
• Fullering, description, 94.
• Fulton, Robert, viii.
• Furnace, temperature of, 42.
• Fire, kindling of, 241.
• Chemistry of, 229.
• Dampers and doors, 39.
• Doors, description, 168-170.
• The, 237.
• Fusible plugs, description, 171, 172.
• Galloway boiler, description of, 58.
• Table of dimensions, 60.
• Gas, difference between it and a liquid, 216.
• As a fuel, 15.
• From coal, comparative evaporation, 18.
• Dangers from, in idle boilers, 288.
• Amount burned in ventilating pipes, 265.
• Gasket chisel, 308.
• Gas pipe, illustrations of size, 243.
• Gas pliers, description, 269.
• Gate valve, description, 273.
• Generators, steam, description, 48.
• Glass, specific heat of, 214.
• Radiating power of, 213.
• Glass gauges, description, 177.
• Glass water gauge columns, 177.
• Globe valve, description, 272.
• Gold, radiating power of, 213.
• Conducting power of, 213.
• Grate, the, 237.
• Grate bars, description, 173.
• How to preserve from excessive heat, 38.
• Shaking grates, 174.
• How kept during firing, 27.
• Grooving of steam boilers, 126.
• List of cases, 125.
• Growth of the steam boiler, 52.
• Gauge, steam, description, 181.
• Gauge cocks, description, 176.
• Gauges, glass, description, 177.
• Gauges, pressure recording, description, 233.
• Gusset stays, description, 100, 103.
• Hammer, water, description, 283.
• Pein, 306.
• Hammer test of rivets, 95.
• Hand-hole plates, description, 81.
• Hanger for pipes, 308.
• Hazards of fuel-oil, 289.
• Of the boiler room, 285.
• Heads of rivets, cup, conical, pan heads, 113.
• Head to head brace, description, 103.
• Heat, laws of, 212.
• Unit of, 214.
• Specific, 214.
• How it becomes effective, 13.
• Heaters, feed water, description, 196.
• Heating, steam and hot water, 251.
• By exhaust steam, 267.
• Heat proof paints, 232.
• Heat stroke, treatment of, 315.
• High pressure steam, 283.
• Hinged valves, description, 272.
• Hoes, use of, 21.
• Homogeneous, definition, 121.
• Horizontal tubular boiler, description, 79.
• Parts of, 81.
• Table of sizes, 77.
• Horse power, rule for estimating, 235.
• As applied to boilers, 234.
• Hose, rubber, use of, 21.
• Hot short, definition, 122.
• How to carry injured persons, 319.
• How to prepare for inspection of steam boilers, 130.
• Hydrogen, specific heat of, 215.
• Description of, 230.
• Hydraulic test, 131.
• Ice, radiating power of, 213.
• Specific heat of, 214.
• Improper method of firing, cuts and description, 27.
• Incrustation of steam boilers, 142-144.
• Example of, 142.
• And scale, list of cases, 125.
• Table showing quantity collecting, 103.
• Of boilers, “points” relation to, 149-152.
• Individuality of each steam boiler, 25.
• Injector, description, 206.
• Injured persons, how to carry, 319, 320.
• Inspection of steam boilers, 129.
• How to make ready for, 129-130.
• Inspector’s questions to applicant, 128.
• Inspector’s rules relating to braces, 102.
• Interceptor, steam, description, 183.
• Introduction, 10.
• Iron, T, description of, 103.
• (Hammered), melting point, 42.
• (Wrought), melting point, 42.
• Fire box, description, 88.
• Charcoal iron, description, 88.
• (Wrought), conducting power of, 213.
• Polished, radiating power of, 213.
• Specific heat of, 214.
• Melting point, 42.
• Flange, description, 88.
• Cast, conducting power of, 213.
• Irons, fire, 21.
• Issuing certificates of inspection, 131.
• Jackscrews, description, 281.
• Jam brick, 237.
• Joints, putty, how to make, 303.
• Joints of lead pipe, 300.
• Joints of pipes, 248.
• Kerosene oil in boilers, “points” of, 156-7.
• Kindling a furnace fire, 241.
• L, description, 274.
• Lace cutters, use of, 21.
• Ladders, use of, 21.
• Ladle, 306.
• Lamp black, radiating power of, 213.
• Lancashire boiler, description, 55.
• Defects of, 55.
• Language of steam boilers, 39.
• Lanterns, use of, 21.
• Lap joint, illustration, 115.
• Laws of heat, 212.
• Lazy bar, description, 20.
• Lead, 299.
• Advantages in use of, 299.
• Melting point, 42.
• Conducting power of, 213.
• Wrought, radiating power of, 213.
• Specific heat of, 214.
• Polished, radiating power of, 213.
• Lead pipe, how to make putty joints, 304.
• Table of sizes and weights, 305.
• How to bend, 304.
• Lead pipe joints, 300.
• Lever, length, rule, 193.
• Lifting valves, description, 273.
• Lime, definition, 138.
• Liquid, difference between it and a gas, 216.
• Litmus paper, definition, 153.
• Live steam, description, 282.
• Locknut, description, 274.
• Locomotive, firing of, 35.
• Boiler Compound, 149.
• Or charging shovel, description, 19.
• Locomotive boilers, description, 72.
• How to rivet, 115.
• Locomotive portable boiler, description, 80.
• Looking glass, 307.
• Loop, (steam), description of, 278-280.
• Low pressure steam, 283.
• Lugs, specification of, 86.
• Luminous flame, 41.
• Magnesia, definition, 138.
• At what temperature deposited, 148.
• Carbonate of, definition, 138.
• Malleable, definition, 121.
• Manhole cover, description, 81.
• Manhole plates, specification, 86.
• Marine boilers, description of, 60.
• How to rivet, 115.
• Fittings for, 63.
• Table of dimensions, 62.
• Super heaters, 64.
• Use of zinc in, 162.
• Blast pipe for, 63.
• Uptakes, 64.
• Parts which first give way, 112.
• Incrustation and scaling of, 146-147.
• Marine engineers classification of, 310.
• Rules relating to, 309.
• Marks on boiler plates, 88.
• Marble, conducting power of, 213.
• Materials, 12, 13.
• Mechanical scrapers, 187.
• Mechanical stokers, 134-135.
• Mercury, specific heat of, 214.
• Radiating power of, 213.
• Meters, water, description, 203.
• Moisture, in wood, 14.
• Mouth piece, furnace, 236.
• Mud drum, description, 179.
• Newly set boilers, how fired, 28.
• Nickel steel boiler plates, description, 91.
• Nipple, description, 274.
• Nitric acid, boiling point of, 37.
• Nitrogen, specific heat of, 215.
• Description of, 230.
• Non-conductors, 276.
• Noiseless water-heater, 312.
• Ocean steamer, how to fire, 32.
• Oil, fuel, 289.
• Kerosene, in boilers, “points” of, 156-157.
• Specific heat of, 214.
• Firing with, 32.
• Ore barrow, use of, 20.
• Organic matter in water, how indicated, 154.
• Ornamental paints, 232.
• Overhanging front, description, 165-167.
• Overhead system of heating, 256.
• Oxide, definition, 136.
• Of iron how best treated, 148.
• Oxygen, description of, 229.
• Specific heat of, 215.
• United with coal, 17.
• Paints, heat proof, 232.
• Palm stays, description, 100.
• Pan head of rivets, description, 113.
• Patch-screw, description and cut, 123.
• Peat, description, 14.
• Analysis of, 13.
• Charcoal, description, 15.
• Comparative evaporation, 18.
• Pein hammer, 306.
• Petroleum, as a fuel, 15.
• Oil, comparative evaporation, 18.
• In boilers, use of, 155.
• Philadelphia Water Works example of gain in good firemen, 25.
• Pipes, table of surfaces and capacities, 246.
• Joints of, 248.
• How to weld, 264.
• Used for ice machinery, 263.
• Table of “data” relative to, 247.
• Pipes and piping, description, 244.
• Pipe coil, description, 257.
• Pipe couplings, 250.
• Pipe cutter, description and cut, 269.
• Pipe hanger, 308.
• Pipe, gas, illustration of size, 243.
• Pipe tongs, description, 269.
• Pipe union, description, 274.
• Piping, dead end, 284.
• Piping and drainage, description and illustration, 209.
• Pitting, of steam boilers, 126.
• Planer, (power), for boiler makers, 281.
• Plate, dead, description, 180.
• Quality of steel, 90.
• Plates, baffle, description, 180.
• Burned and blistered, list, 125.
• For boilers, table of thicknesses, 113.
• Pliers, gas, description, 269.
• Plug, description, 274.
• Plugs, fusible, description, 171-172.
• Plumb-bob, description, 306.
• Plumber’s solder, how to make, 305.
• Plumber’s tools, description, 306-309.
• Solder, rule for making, 305.
• Plumber’s wipe joint, 298.
• Plumbing, description and cuts, 298.
• What engineers should know, 298.
• “Points” relating to firing, 37.
• Relating to boiler braces, 104.
• Of danger in steam boiler, 125.
• Relating to grate bars, 175.
• Relating to water gauge cocks, 176.
• Relating to glass gauges, 177.
• Relating to the steam gauge, 182.
• Relating to safety valves, 194.
• Relating to feed water heaters, 201.
• Relating to water meters, 204.
• Relating to injectors, 209.
• Relating to pumps, 218-221.
• Relating to boiler setting, 239-241.
• Relating to steam heating, 254.
• Relating to chimneys and draught, 297.
• Poker, description and cuts, 19.
• Portable boiler, locomotive, description, 80.
• Car track, use of, 20.
• Potter, Humphry, inventor of valve motion, 270.
• Poultices, how to make, 319.
• Power planer for boiler makers, 281.
• Power punch for boiler makers, 281.
• Precipitation of impurities in feed water, 144.
• Preface, 7.
• Preparation for firing steam boilers, 24.
• Pressure gauges, list of defective cases, 123.
• Regulator valve, 274.
• Pressure of safety valve, rule, 192.
• Principles relating to water, 223.
• Proper method of firing, cut and description, 21.
• Punch for boiler makers, 281.
• Pump, description, 215.
• Classification, 217.
• Parts of, Illustration, 218.
• Double acting, 218.
• Direct pressure, 216.
• Calculations relating to, 222.
• Strainer, for, description, 223.
• Points relating to, 218-221.
• Putty joints, how to make, 303.
• Questions of applicant for marine license, 127.
• Asked by examining engineers, 309.
• Of proprietor, relating to steam boiler, 127.
• Radiant rays of heat, “point,” 38.
• Radiating power of various substances, 213.
• Radiation of heat, law relating to, 39.
• Railroad barrow, use of, 20.
• Ram, water, 284.
• Ratio of grate to heating surface, 175.
• Re-agent, definition, 136.
• Reamer, plumber’s, 306.
• Recording pressure gauges, description, 233.
• Reducing coupling, description, 274.
• Regulating the draught, 41.
• Regulations relating to marine engineers, 309.
• Regulators, damper, description, 185.
• Relief valve, description, 272.
• Repairing leaky tubes, 126.
• Repairs to boilers, “points” on, 124-6.
• Riveting, modes of, 93.
• Specification for, 86.
• Description, 91.
• Double description, 91.
• Chain, example, 93.
• Zig-Zag, example, 93.
• Treble, example, 93.
• Unequal pitches, example, 93.
• Example of riveting boiler plates, 114-116.
• Hammers for boiler makers, 281.
• List of defective cases, 125.
• Rivet heads of cup, conical, pan heads, 113.
• Rivet heating machines, 261.
• Rivets, description, 93.
• Steel, description, 95.
• Table of diameters, 113.
• Rivet set, 307.
• Tests, 95.
• Riveted stays, description, 106.
• Rolls for boiler makers, 281.
• Rotary valves, description, 273.
• Round nose chisel, 307.
• Rubber hose, use of, 21.
• Rule for estimating horse power of boilers, 235.
• For finding area of valve opening, 195.
• To find pressure in lbs. of column of water, 222.
• To find area of steam piston of pump, 222.
• To find quantity of water elevated, 222.
• For finding contents of a barrel, 203.
• For reading water meters, 204.
• For making boiler and pipe covering, 275-276.
• For making solder, 305.
• For finding strain on bolts, 99.
• For safe internal pressure, 117.
• For determining areas of steam boilers, 105.
• For calculating contents of steam and water in the steam boiler, 105.
• Rules, U. S., regarding safety valves, 189.
• For safety valves, 193.
• Inspectors, relating to bracing, 102.
• Relating to fuel oil, 290.
• Factory, to prevent accident, 293.
• Government, to prevent accident, 290.
• Before lighting the furnace fire, 25.
• Running of steam boilers under fire, 24.
• Safe internal pressure, rule and example, 117.
• Tables, 118-120.
• Safety factor of steam boilers, 96.
• Safety valves, description, 187.
• Rules, 191, 193.
• Rule to find area of opening, 195.
• Table showing rise of valve, 195.
• List of defects, 125.
• Points relating to, 194.
• Salt, definition, 138.
• Sand-bending of lead pipe, 304.
• Saturated steam, 283.
• Saw, compass.308.
• Plumber’s, 307.
• Saw dust, firing with, 33, 242.
• As a fuel, 16.
• Sea water precipitator, 145.
• Sectional steam boilers, description, 71.
• Sentinel valve, description, 184.
• Separator, steam, description, 183.
• Set screws, dangers arising from, 292.
• Setting of steam boilers, 236.
• Of water tube boilers, 239.
• Scalds, treatment of, 313.
• Scale deposited in marine boilers, analysis, 146-147.
• Boiler, analysis of, 148.
• Scaling of steam boilers, “points,” 149-152.
• Scope of the work, 12.
• Scoop shovel, cut and description, 19.
• Scrapers, mechanical, 187.
• Screenings, firing of coal dust and, 40.
• Screw conveyors, use of, 20.
• Screw-jacks, use of, 21.
• Screw stays, description, 101.
• Scum of boilers, how formed.150.
• Scumming apparatus, description, 161.
• Shaking grates, description, 174.
• Shavings, firing with, 33.
• Blowers, use of, 20.
• Shearing strength, definition, 121.
• Shears for boiler makers, 281.
• Shell of boiler, description, 81.
• Shovels, cut and description of, 19.
• Side brackets for boilers, 240.
• Silica, definition, 137.
• Silver, radiating power of, 213.
• Conducting power of, 213.
• Melting point, 42.
• Six inch flue, boiler, 78.
• Slice bar, description and cuts, 19.
• “Point” relating to its use, 30.
• Smoke, insensibility from, treatment, 315.
• Snips, plumber’s, 306.
• Socket bolts, description, 103.
• Soda, definition, 138.
• Proportion of, in water, 154.
• Acetate of, boiling point of, 37.
• Sodium, definition, 138.
• Solder, rule for making plumber’s, 305.
• Sounds, or language of steam boilers, 39.
• Source of power in the steam engine, 13.
• Specifications for 125 H. P. steam boiler, 85.
• Specific heat, description, 214.
• Table, 214.
• Spectacle piece, 124.
• Spirit level, 307.
• Stay bolts, hollow, description, 103.
• Staying of flat surfaces, 98.
• Stays and braces, list of defective cases, 125.
• Stays, gusset, description, 100.
• Of marine boilers, 75.
• Of locomotive boilers, 75.
• “Points” relating to boiler stays, 104.
• Palm, description, 100.
• Screwed, description, 101.
• And brace, difference, 103.
• Table for calculations, 107-109.
• Steam, description, 282.
• Specific heat of, 215.
• Dry, 282.
• Dead, 282.
• Live, 282.
• Saturated, 283.
• Wet, 283.
• High pressure, 283.
• Low pressure, 283.
• Superheated, 283.
• Specific gravity of, 283.
• Total heat of, 283.
• Steam and hot water heating, 251.
• Steam boiler, growth of the, 52.
• Water tube, 67.
• Sectional, description of, 71.
• Triple draught, 81-82.
• Six-inch flue, 78.
• Two-flue, 78.
• Steam boilers, locomotive, 72.
• Idle, dangers of, 288.
• Inspector’s rules relating to bracing of, 102.
• Use of petroleum in, 155.
• Effect of sugar on, 150.
• Corrosion and incrustation, 142.
• Scaling of, “points,” 149-152.
• Effect of bark on, 151.
• Bracing, 96.
• Specification for 125 H. P., 85.
• Steam drum or dome, description, 81.
• Steam fitter’s vise, 269.
• Steam fittings, care, 268.
• Description, 274.
• Steam gauge, description, 181.
• Steam generators, 48.
• Steam heating by exhaust, 267.
• How much space 1 H. P. will heat, 262.
• Steam loop, note relating to, 295.
• Description, 278-280.
• Steam pipe, linear expansion of, 276.
• Steam pipe explosions, 287.
• Steam pump, 215.
• Steam separator, description, 183.
• Steam space of boilers, rule and example, 105.
• Steam whistle, description, 180.
• Steel rivets, description, 95.
• Steel, boiler, description, 90.
• Melting point, 42.
• Specific heat of, 214.
• Steel plates, nickel steel, description, 91.
• Quality and thickness in, 85.
• Quality of, 90.
• Stephenson, George, viii.
• Stock and dies, use of, 21.
• Stoker, mechanical, 134.
• Storing coal, 225.
• Straightway valve, description, 273.
• Strainer, for pump, description, 223.
• Strain on bolts, rule and example, 99.
• Straw, how best fired, 31.
• Composition of, as fuel, 15.
• Sugar, effect of, on steam boilers, 150.
• Sulphates, how indicated, 154.
• Definition, 137.
• Sulphate of lime, at what temperature deposited, 148.
• Sulphur, description of, 230.
• Sulphuric acid, boiling point of, 37.
• Sunstroke, treatment of, 315.
• Superheated steam, 283.
• Superheater of marine boiler, 64.
• Surface blow off, description, 161.
• Surface condenser, description, 65.
• Swing valve, description, 273.
• Syphon, dangers from, in boilers, 288.
• T, description, 274.
• T irons, description and use, 103.
• Dimensions and shape, 104.
• Table of evaporation, 18.
• Melting points of metals, 42.
• Temperature, judged by color, 42.
• Of dimensions, Galloway boiler, 60.
• Of marine boilers, 62.
• Diameter of braces, 103.
• For calculating the number of stays, 107-109.
• Of dimensions of boiler tubes, 110.
• Holding power of boiler tubes, 111.
• Of diameter of rivets and thickness of plate, 113.
• Of safe internal pressure, 118-120.
• Of defects found in steam boilers, 125.
• Showing loss at different thicknesses by corrosion, 143.
• Showing sediment collecting in boilers, 163.
• Showing rise of safety valve, 195.
• Of savings from use of feed water, 200.
• Capacity of cisterns, 202,
• Of specific heat, 214.
• Of conducting power of various substances, 213.
• Of radiating power of various substances, 213.
• Weight of cubic foot of water, 224.
• Weight and capacity of gallons of water, 225.
• Comparative quantity of water which can be evaporated, 231.
• Surfaces and capacities of pipes, 246.
• Of data relating to pipes, 247.
• Bursting pressure of tubes, 264.
• Of weights of round and plate iron, 309, 311.
• Conducting power of various substances, 275.
• Relative value of non-conductors, 276.
• Weights of lead pipe, 305.
• Tan, description, 15.
• Tan bark, comparative evaporation, 18.
• Firing with, 36.
• Tanks, for fuel oil, how to construct, 290.
• Tan-liquor, unsafe use of, in boilers, 185.
• Tap-borer, plumber’s, 306.
• Taps and dies, description, 269.
• Tee, description, 274.
• Temperature of a furnace, 42.
• Tensile strength of steel plate, 90.
• Of boilers, 121.
• Test, the hydraulic, 131.
• Testing-boiler, specification, 87.
• Testing boilers under steam pressure, 287.
• Test pieces, description and illustration, 105, 112.
• Tests for impurities in water, 153.
• Tests of steel rivets, 95.
• Thimbles, specification for, 86.
• Three way cock, description, 273.
• Throttle valve, description, 273.
• Tin, melting point, 42.
• Conducting power of, 213.
• Specific heat of, 214.
• Radiating power of, 213.
• Tissue paper, radiating power of, 213.
• Tongs for boiler makers, 281.
• Tool box, description, 22.
• Tools, plumber’s, description, 306-309.
• Handy for the fire-room, 21.
• Used in steam fitting, 269.
• Boiler maker’s, 281.
• Plumber’s caulking, 308.
• Torch, 307.
• Total heat of steam, 283.
• Tough, definition, 121.
• Trained or untrained firemen, difference, 24.
• Trap, fish, 205.
• Treble riveting, example, 93.
• Triple draught, tubular boiler, 82.
• Trevithick, Richard, frontispiece.
• Tube expanders, 281.
• Tubes, how to weld, 264.
• Table of bursting and collapsing pressures, 264.
• Boiler, illustration of size, 245.
• Experiments in holding power, 111.
• Table of holding power, 111.
• Boiler, table of dimensions, 110.
• Leaky, how to repair, 126.
• Tubes and flues, sweeping, 39.
• Tube sheets, description, 81.
• Turn-pin, description, 306.
• Two flue steam boiler, 78.
• Umbria, steamer, firing boilers, 32.
• Unequal riveting, example, 93.
• Union, description, 274.
• Unit of chimney measurements, 297.
• Upright steam boilers, description, 51.
• Uptakes of marine boiler, 64.
• Valve, gate, 273.
• Globe, description, 272.
• Brine, description, 273.
• Pop, description, 184.
• Angle, description, 273.
• Check, description, 278.
• Sentinel, description, 184.
• Pressure regulator, 274.
• Rotary, description, 273.
• Straightway, description, 273.
• Throttle, description, 273.
• Ball, description, 273.
• Chamber, description, 272.
• Double beat and double seat, 273.
• Swing description, 273.
• Valve bracket, description, 272.
• Valve cock, description, 272.
• Valve coupling, description, 272.
• Valves, description, 271.
• Safety, description, 187.
• Of what material made, 274.
• Valves, hinged, description, 272.
• Relief, description, 272.
• Back pressure, description, 273.
• Lifting, description, 274.
• Valves and cocks, description, 272.
• Valve-seat, description, 272.
• Vaults for fuel oil, how to construct, 289.
• Ventilation, 265.
• Vise, steamfitter’s, 269.
• Vises, use of, 21.
• Water, how formed, 143.
• Principles relating to, 223.
• Principal temperatures of, 224.
• Point of maximum density, 224.
• The boiling point, 224.
• The standard temperature, 224.
• pecific heat of, 214.
• Boiling point of pure, 37.
• Radiating power of, 213.
• Conducting power of, 213.
• Freezing point, 224.
• Water, (sea,) precipitator for, 145.
• Boiling point of salt, 37.
• Water bending of lead pipe, 304.
• Water circulation, 294.
• Water grate bars, description, 175.
• Gauge cocks, description, 176.
• Water hammer, 283.
• Water meters, rule for reading, 205.
• Description, 203.
• Water ram, 284.
• Water space of boilers, rule and example, 105.
• Water table in locomotive, 35.
• Water tube steam boiler, description, 67.
• Water heater, noiseless, 312.
• Water tube steam boiler, setting of, 239.
• Watt, James, 68.
• Weight of different standard gallons of water, 225.
• Of a column of air, 17.
• Weldable, definition, 121.
• Welding boiler and other tubes, 264.
• Wet steam, 283.
• Wheelbarrow, use of, 20.
• Whistle, steam, description, 180.
• Whitewash, description, 232.
• Wipe joint, how to make, 300.
• Plumber’s, 298.
• Wood, comparative evaporation, 18.
• Specific heat of, 214.
• As a combustible, 14.
• “Hint as to drying,” 14.
• Wood charcoal, comparative evaporation, 18.
• Wood chisel, 307.
• Wounds, treatment of, 310.
• Writing paper, radiating power of, 213.
• Zig-zag riveting, example, 93.
• Zinc, conducting power of, 213.
• Melting point, 42.
• Effect on corrosion of boilers, 150.
• Use in marine boilers, 162.
• Specific heat of, 214.