INDEX 



Mud, Removing, 130. 

 Multiplication of decimals, 4. 

 of fractions, 3. 



N 



Nature of combustion, 76. 

 Net horsepower, 191. 

 New Haven, Conn., license 



law, 272. 

 York, N. Y., license law, 



273. 



Newly fitted bearings, 217. 

 Niagara Falls, N. Y., license 



law, 275. 

 Non-condensing slide-valve 



engine, Starting, 205. 

 -condensing slide-valve en- 

 gine, Stopping, 205. 

 -lifting injectors, 123. 



O 



Objections to gravity feeding 



of oil fuel, 152. 

 Ohio license law, 249. 

 Oil, Atomization of, 83. 

 burners, Location of, 151. 

 burning, Excess of air in, 



85. 



Composition of crude, 82. 

 Effect of sulphur in, 86. 

 feed, Stopped, 219. 

 Firing point of fuel, 87. 

 Flash point of fuel, 87. 

 fuel burner, Shutting down, 



158. 



fuel burning, Draft re- 

 quired for, J">7. 

 fuel, Disadvantages of, 160. 

 fuel, Evaporative power of, 



8G. 



fuel fire, Starting a, 155. 

 fuel fires, Accidental, 15s. 

 fuel fires. Precautions in 



relighting, 15s. 

 fuel, Formation of soot 



with, i:.7. 

 fuel, Furnace proportions 



for, 88. 

 fuel. Objections to gravity 



feeding of. 152. 

 fuel, Pressure on, 152. 



Oil fuel, Separation of water 

 from, 151. 



fuel, Specifications f:.>- 



fuel, Straining, 151. 



fuel, Thermal advantages 

 of, 159. 



fuels, Calorific value < 



fuels, Heating of, 152. 



fuels, Steam and air fur 

 atomizing, M. 



Insufficient, 219. 



Properties of fuel, 83. 



spray and air, Mixtures of, 

 84. 



tanks, Construction of , 153. 



tanks, Fittings for, 153. 



tanks, Installation of, 15}. 

 Oils, Dirty and gritty, 2i'i. 



of poor quality, 219. 



squeezed out of bearings, 



220. 



Omaha, Neb., license law. 277. 

 Operation of turM;ie>, 227. 

 Organic matter, 12S. 

 Outside-spring indicator, 174. 

 Overfeed stoker, 105. 

 Overheating, 132. 

 Overloading of engine, 221. 



Packing, Broken piston, 212. 

 Pantograph reducing motion, 



177. 



Parallelogram, 34. 

 Parallelepiped, 37. 

 Peat, 81. 

 Pendulum reducing motion, 



17(1. 



Pennsylvania license law, 25o. 

 Peoria, 111., license law, 27s. 



Philadelphia, Pa., license law, 



279. 

 Pillow block. Springing or 



shift inn of, 222. 

 Pipe coverniK :,, 121 . 



dimensions, Table of extra- 

 strong wrought-iron, 49. 

 dimensions, Table of stand- 

 ard, is. 



flanges, Dimensions of, 51. 

 materials, 120. 





