INDEX 



Clearance, 182. 

 Effects of, 182. 

 of turbine blades, 225. 

 Coal, Anthracite, 79. 

 Bituminous, 80. 

 Classes of, 79. 

 consumption to speed, Re- 

 lation of, 212. 

 Maximum combustion rate 



of, 111. 



Semianthracite, 80. 

 Semibituminous, 80. 

 Cocks and valves, Blow-off, 



119. 



Coefficients of linear expan- 

 sion, 57. 

 Coke, 81. 



Combination of pulleys, Go. 

 Combustion, 76. 



Air required for, 77. 

 Incomplete, 78. 

 rate of coal, Maximum, 111. 

 Common fractions, 2. 

 Comparison of turbines and 



engines, 225. 



Composition of crude oil, 82. 

 Compound engine, Starting 

 and stopping Corliss, 

 210. 



engines, Horsepower of, 194. 

 slide-valve engine, Starting, 



207. 



slide-valve engine, Stop- 

 ping, 209. 

 Compounds, 54. 

 Table of common names of 



chemical, 56. 

 Condenser, Injection water 



for jet, 203. 

 Condensers, Cooling water 



for surface, 202. 

 Surface, 200. 

 Types of, 200. 



Condensing slide-valve en- 

 gine, Starting, 206. 

 slide-valve engine, Stop- 

 ping, 206. 



Connecting boilers, 147. 

 Connection of steam gauge, 



118. 



Construction of oil tanks, 

 153. 



Conversion of temperatures, 



57. 

 Cooling of brake pulleys, 



198. 



water for surface condens- 

 ers, 202. 



Copper tubes, Table of 



weight of brass and, 49. 



Corliss engine, Starting and 



stopping compound, 210. 



engine, Starting simple, 



207. 

 engine, Stopping simple, 



207. 

 Corrosion and incrustation, 



127. 



External, 131. 

 Internal, 130. 

 Prevention of incrustation 



and, 133. 

 Uniform, 130. 

 Coverings, Pipe, 121. 

 Cracked brasses, Warped and, 



218. 



Crosshead, Pounding at, 213. 

 Crude oil, Composition of, 82. 

 Cube roots, 6. 

 Cubes, 9. 



Cubic measures, 42. 

 Cut brasses and journals, 218. 

 -off, Apparent, 183. 

 -off, Real, 183. 

 Cylinder, 36. 



heads, Piston striking, 212. 

 Frustum of, 37. 

 ratios, 194. 

 Cylinders, Water in, 211. 



Danger of increasing heating 



of bearings, 215. 

 of water hammer, 204. 



Dangerous heating of bear- 

 ings, 216. 



Data for brake horsepower, 

 199. 



De Laval turbine, Care of 



gears in, 230. 

 id plate. 104. 



Dead plate, 



Decimal equivalents of parts 

 of 1 inch, Table of, 45. 

 fractions, 4. 



