INDEX 



Excess of air in oil burning, 



85. 

 Exhaust - steam feedwater 



heaters, Types of, 139. 

 -steam turbine, 229. 

 Expanded pitch, Axially, 234. 



pitch, Radially, 234. 

 Expansion bands, 121. 

 joints, 120. 

 Ratio of, 183. 

 Explosions, Boiler, 170. 

 External boiler inspection, 



165. 



corrosion, 131. 

 heat on bearings, Effects of, 

 222. 



Factor of evaporation, 142. 

 Factors of evaporation, Table 



9f, 143. 



Feeding, Boiler, 123. 

 Feedwater by chemicals, Pur- 

 ification of, 136. 

 by filtration, Purification 



of, 135. 

 by heat. Purification of, 



138. 

 by settlement, Purification 



of, 135. 



Economy of heating, 138. 

 heaters, Types of exhaust- 

 steam, 139. 

 Impurities in, 127. 

 Purification of, 135. 

 Testing, 134. 

 Figures, Significant, 6. 

 Filling boilers, 145. 

 Finding horsepower of tur- 

 bines, 225. 

 the mean effective pressure, 



184. 



Fire, Starting an oil fuel, 155. 

 Firebrick lining of furnaces, 



88. 



Fires, Accidental oil fuel, 158. 

 Banking, 164. 

 Cleaning, 149. 

 in starting, Management of, 



146. 



Precautions in relighting 

 oil fuel, 158. 



Fires, Starting, 164. 

 Firing point of fuel oil, 87. 



with liquid fuels, 150. 



with solid fuels, 148. 

 Fittings, Boiler, 113. 



for oil tanks, 153. 



Furnace, 103. 



Fixed and movable pulleys, 

 64. 



grates, 103. 

 Flanges, Dimensions of pipe, 



51. 



Flash point of fuel oil, 87. 

 Flow of steam, 99. 



of water in pipes, 72. 



Vetocity of, 72. 

 Foaming, 163. 

 Follower plate. Loose, 212. 

 Foot-pound, 62. 

 Force, Centrifugal, 63. 

 Form of chimney, 109. 

 Formation of scale, 128. 



of soot with oil fuel, 157. 

 Formulas, 29., 



Chemical, 55. 



for slip, 232. 



Foundations, Chimney, 109. 

 Fraction, Reducing .a decimal 

 to a common, 5. 



to a decimal, Reducing a 



common, 5. 

 Fractions, 2. 



Common, 2. 



Decimal, 4. 



Division of, 3. 



Multiplication of, 3. 



or mixed numbers, Addi- 

 tion of, 3. 



or mixed numbers, Sub- 

 traction of, 3. 

 Friction horsepower, 191. 



Mixtures for reducing, 215. 

 Frustum of cylinder, 37. 



of prism, 37. 



Fuel burner, Shutting down 

 oil, 158. 



burning, Draft required for 

 oil, 157. 



Disadvantages of oil, 160. 



Evaporative power of oil, 

 86. 



fire, Starting an oil, 155. 



