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Fuel fires, Accidental oil, 138. 



fires, Precautions in relight- 

 ing oil, 158. 



Firing with solid, 148. 



Formation of soot with oil, 

 157. 



Furnace, Proportions for 

 oil. 88, 



Liqir 



Objections to gravity feed- 

 ing of oil, 152. 



oil, Pairing point of, S7. 



oil, Flash point of, 87. 



oil, Properties of, 83. 



Pressure on oil, 152. 



Separation of water from 

 oil, 151. 



Specifications for oil, 87. 



Straining oil, 151. 



Thermal advantages of oil, 



159. 

 Fuels, 7! i. 



Calorific value of, 78. 



Calorific value of oil, 83. 



Firing with liquid, 150. 



for steam making, 79. 



Heating of oil, 152. 



Solid, 7'.<. 



Steam and air for atomi- 

 zing oil, si. 

 Furnace fittings, 103. 

 . Proportions for oil fuel, 88. 

 Furnaces, Firebrick lining of, 



Fusible plugs, 116. 

 Fusing point, ">'.). 

 Fusion and vaporization, 

 Table of temperatures 

 and latent heats of, 60. 

 Latent heat of, 5<t. 

 Temperature of, 5(. 



Gauge and blow-off. Inspec- 

 tion of water, 170. 

 Connection of steam, 118. 

 Testing st--:un, 170. 

 Gears in De Laval turbine, 



Care of, _V.<>. 

 Goshen, Ind., license la 



ii.-ir, Herrins,'l><>;]<', 101. 

 Grates, Fixed, lo.i. 



Grates, Shaking, 105. 

 Gravity feeding of oil fuel, 



Objections to, 152. 

 Specific, 45. 

 Grit in bearings, 220. 

 Gritty oils, Dirty and, 219. 

 Grooving, 131. 



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Head of water, Pressure due 



to, 72. 

 Heat, 56. 



in wet steam, 96. 

 Latent, 59. 

 Measurement of, 58. 

 Mechanical equivalent of, 



59. 



of fusion. Latent, 59. 

 Specific, 60. 



Heaters, Types of exhaust- 

 steam feed water, 139. 

 Heating feedwater, Economy 



of, 138. 



of oil fuels, 152. 

 Heats of fusion and vaporiza- 

 tion, Table of tempera- 

 tures and latent, tiO. 

 Table of specific, ill. 

 Height of chimney, 110. 

 Helicoidal blade i 

 Herringbone grate bar, 10 1. 

 Hints for use of planimeter, 



186. 

 Hoboken, N. J., license law, 



260. 

 Honeycombing, Pitting or, 



131. 

 Horsepower, 62. 



and revolutions, Relation 



of, 240. 

 and steam consumption, 



191. 



Brake, 11)1. 



Calculating indicated , 192. 

 Calculation of brake, 2(K). 

 Data for brake, 199. 

 Delivered, 191. 

 Friction, 191. 

 Indicated, 191. 



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of belts. 70. 

 of compound engines, 194. 



