INDEX 



Reducing a decimal to a 



common fraction, 5. 

 motion, Errors of, 180. 

 motion, Pantograph, 177. 

 motion, Pendulum, 176. 

 motions, Slotted-lever, 177. 

 wheels. 178. 

 Reduction of horsepower when 



towing, 240. 



Referred mean effective pres- 

 sure, 195. 



Refitting cut bearing, 216. 

 Relation between engine 

 speed and ship speed, 2 13. 

 of coal consumption to 



speed, 242. 



of horsepower and revolu- 

 tions, 240. 



Remedies for increasing heat- 

 ing of bearings, 215. 

 for pounding of engines, 



Causes and, 210. 

 Removing mud, 130. 



scale, 130. 

 Reversal of pressure on 



brasses, 213. 

 Revolutions, Relation of 



horsepower and, 240. 

 Ring, 36. 



Circular, 37. 

 Rochester, N. Y., license law, 



280. 

 Roots, and reciprocals, Table 



of powers, 11. 

 Cube, 6. 

 Square, 6. 

 Rope brake, 198. 

 Round and square iron, Table 



of weight of, 50. 

 Rules, Safety-valve, 1 1 .">. 

 Running engine with hot 

 bearings, 216. 



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Safety valve, Area of, 1 1 .">. 

 valve, Inspection of, 169. 

 valve, Location of, 110. 

 valve rules, 115. 

 valves, 113. 

 Sag of belts. 69. 

 Santa Barbara, Cal., license 

 law, 281. 



Saturated steam, 89. 

 Scale, 127. 



Formation of, 128. 

 -forming substances and 

 their remedies, Table of, 

 133. 



remover, Kerosene as a, 129. 

 Removing, 130. 

 Scales, Thermometric, .06. 

 Scranton, Pa., license law, 285. 

 Screw propellers, 232. 

 Sector, 35. 

 Segment, 36. 

 Semianthracite coal, 80. 

 Semibituminous coal, 80. 

 Separation of water from oil 



fuel, 154. 



Shaking grates, 105. 

 Sheet lead, Table of weight of, 



50. 

 Shifting of pillow block, 



Springing or, 222. 

 Ship speed, Relation between 



engine and, 243. 

 Shutting down a boiler, Prep- 

 arations for, 1)3. 

 down an oil fuel burner, 158. 

 down turbines, 230. 

 Significant figures, <i. 

 Signs used in calculations, 1. 

 Sioux City, la., license law, 



285. 

 Sizes of chimneys, Table of, 



112. 



of engines, Stating, 193. 

 of injectors, 123. 

 of materials, Weights and, 



45. 



Slack follower plate, 212. 

 Slide-valve engine, Starting 



compound, 207. 

 -valve engine, Starting con- 

 densing, 206. 



-valve engine, Starting non- 

 condensing, 205. 

 -valve engine. Stopping 



compound, 209. 

 -valve engine, Stopping 



condensing, 206. 

 -valve engine. Stopping 



non-condensing, 205. 

 Slip, Apparent, 231. 





