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INDEX TO VOLUME I. 



STEAM. 



Steam blown into molten metal, 418. 



Steel, ancient, q. v. ; annealing, q. v. ; 

 Bessemer, q. v. ; boilers, q. v. ; 

 boilers riveted with steel rivets, 

 367 ; carbon in, q.v.; (castings, free 

 from blow-holes, 465 ; in lieu of 

 forgings, 464 ;) chemical analysis 

 of, importance of, 425 ; a cheap 

 constructive material, 405 ; cold, 

 effect of, on, 364, 428 ; compared 

 with iron and wood for structures, 

 405 ; compressed, q. v. ; com- 

 pressed in centre causes porosity 

 towards outside through which 

 gases escape, 322 ; compression of, 

 by Whitworth's process, q.v., 391 ; 

 corrosion of, q. v. ; crucible, q. v. ; 

 definition of, q. v. ; ductility of, 

 459, 466, and q. v, ; elasticity of, 

 q. v. ; for engineering structures, 

 375 ; factor of safety of, q. v. ; 

 failure of, 377, 410, and q. v. ; 

 forgings, unequal strength of 

 complicated, 465 ; fusion of, q. i\ ; 

 gases cannot be driven out of, 

 by pressure, 321 ; guns, q. v. ; 

 (hardening ; Akerman's views 

 regarding, 433 ; due to carbon in 

 intermediate condition, 433 ; with 

 oil, 397, 465) ; impurities, q. v. ; 

 and iron, comparison of methods 

 of producing, 314 ; machinery, 

 q. v. ; making, Cleveland pig un- 

 suitable for, 282 ; manganese, 

 q. v. ; manufacture, q. v. ; mild, 

 q, v. ; open-hearth process, q. v. ; 

 ore-reducing process, q. v. ; phos- 

 phorus in, q. v. ; (plates, scale 

 rolled into, causes corrosion, 443 ; 

 steel rivets for, 367) ; pouring, 

 q. v. ; (processes, Bessemer, q. v. ; 

 Catalan forge, 214 ; cementation, 

 214, 328 ; decarburization, 214 ; 

 fusion, q. v. ; Heaton and Har- 

 greaves, 215 ; open hearth, q. v, ; 

 ore-reducing, q.v. ; Percy on, 214 ; 

 precipitation process, q. v. ; regene- 



TABLE. 



rative open hearth, q. v.; Sheffield, 

 214,328; Siemens, q.v.; Siemens- 

 Martin, 284, 448 ; Styrian, 214) : 

 production of, operations involved 

 in, 302 ; properties of, 317 ; 

 punching, q. v. ; rails, 378 ; red 

 shortness of, 211 ; rivets of, advan- 

 tages of, 367 ; for shipbuilding, 

 313, 367, 420 ; silicon in, effect of, 

 213 ; specification of chemical 

 constitution and temper of, 317 ; 

 spiegeleisen affects, 311 ; (strrtiijtli 

 of, varies, 313 ; versus ductility, 

 428 ; limit of, for different pur- 

 poses, 459) ; strengthened by 

 straining, 424 ; supply of, by 

 weight instead of dimensions, 367 ; 

 tires, rolling of, 374 ; toughness 

 and tensile strength of, 317 ; 

 uncertainty of, 316 ; varies in 

 strength and quality, 459 ; 

 weakened by occlusion of gases, 

 322 ; what is, 313 ; worked hot 

 and cold, experiments on, 376. 



Stoppered moulds, uncertainty of 

 filling, 335. 



Strains produced in manufacture, 

 how equalized, 270. 



Stretching and tearing, difference 

 between, 410. 



Styrian, ferro-manganese. 361 ; 

 furnace, 361 ; iron, 361 ; ore, 361 ; 

 steel process, 214. 



Sulphur, disappearance of, with 

 anthracite coke, 327 ; (in steel, 

 211, 212; counteracted by man- 

 ganese, 212 ; when advantageous, 

 212). 



TABLE, of carbon in cast and wrought 

 iron and steel, 253 ; of carbon in 

 steel, 210, 211 ; of comparison of 

 regenerative gas puddling furnace 

 and ordinary puddlingfurnace, 249; 

 250 ; of results of precipitation 



