Transcriber's Note
The book cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
Minor punctuation errors e.g. missing "." in "Fig." have been corrected.
Inconsistent hyphenation and use of ligatures has been left e.g. cast-iron and cast iron. (Often the difference is between the hyphenation in the text, that used in captions to illustrations and that used in the index.)
Both gasolene and gasoline are used in the text
Both carburator and carburetor are used in the text
Many of the table values have errors which can be shown by graphing the results, these have been left as printed but are noted here:
- p.5. Absolute Pressure 5, Latent heat of 958.30 should be 956.30
- p.199.
Air temperature 33 degF. Weight of cu. ft. air 566.4 should be 560.4
Air temperature 43 degF. Weight of cu. ft. air 548.4 should be 542.4
Air temperature 49 degF. Weight of cu. ft. air 542.5 should be 541.5
Air temperature 58 degF. Weight of cu. ft. air 534.9 should be 530.9
Air temperature 63 degF. Weight of vapor/cu. ft. air should be 6.45
- p.203. Air Temp. 106, 2 deg. depression of wet-bulb thermometer 95 should be 93
- p.211. Dew point. 69, 12 deg. depression of wet-bulb thermometer 84 should be 48
- p.214.
Dry-bulb temp. 39, 12 deg. depression of wet-bulb thermometer 23 should be -23
Dry-bulb temp. 38 9 deg. depression of wet-bulb thermometer -6 should be 6 - p.314. Column heading should read
Watts per lamp 25 40 60 100 150 250
Other errors found:
| Page number | Original text | Corrected text |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | asbestus plaster | Asbetos is used elsewhere but this could be a trade name so it has been left as printed. |
| 55 | two layers of asbestus paper | As above. |
| 56 | heating the house | The "us" in house was upside-down. |
| 93 | pipe to which A is attached | A should be in italics. |
| 100 | bath tubs, avatories | bath tubs, lavatories |
| 133 | drinking porposes | drinking purposes |
| 133 | elementary tract | alimentary tract |
| 137 | It is flatest | It is flattest |
| 161 | Boyles | Boyle's |
| 162 | wtih the pump | with the pump |
| 180 | its legnth | its length |
| 181 | hould | should |
| 188 | As given by Suplees | As given by Suplee's |
| 216 | hydrodeik | hygrodeik |
| 220 | Cubic feet or pure air | Cubic feet of pure air |
| 239 | containg coils | containing coils |
| 243 | sheet-met a surfaces | sheet-metal surfaces |
| 259 | and explosion | an explosion |
| 268 | The vitally improtant | The vitally important |
| 269 | end of the supending bar | end of the suspending bar |
| 269 | gasoline in the caburetor | gasoline in the carburetor |
| 270 | gasoline for the stove S | gasoline for the stove R |
| 272 | Boyles law | Boyle's law |
| 279 | Inverted-mantel Gasoline Lamp | Inverted-mantle Gasoline Lamp |
| 281 | percolating trough the tube | percolating through the tube |
| 305 | elect ic transmission | electric transmission |
| 309 | the electrotromotive force | electromotive force |
| 319 | 1000 746 = 1.3 horsepower | 1000/746 = 1.3 horsepower |
| 320 | Minature screw base | Miniature screw base |
| 329 | also shown in Fig. 288 | also shown in Fig. 228 |
| 343 | the contact peice | the contact piece |
| 345 | window burgler alarm | window burglar alarm |
| 347 | inserted in the floor place | inserted in the floor plate |
| 352 | at the begining | at the beginning |
| 356 | require severals hours | require several hours |
| 357 | The amper-hour | The ampere-hour |
| 358 | If the cells singly give 20 volts, the battery will give 20 volts | If the cells singly give 20 amperes, the battery will give 20 amperes |
| 385 | Boyles' law, definition | Boyle's law, definition |
| 387 | blau, 251 | Blau, 251 |
| 390 | DeChaumont | De Chaumont |