NDEX 



Absolute zero, 57. 

 Accidental oil fuel fires, 158. 

 Acids, 128. 



Addition of decimals, 4. 

 of fractions or mixed num- 

 bers, 3. 



Advantages and disadvan- 

 tages of injectors, 127. 

 of turbines, 224. 

 Air for atomizing oil fuels, 



Steam and, 84. 

 in oil burning, Excess of, 



85. 

 Mixtures of oil spray and, 



84. 



pump, Pounding in, 214. 

 required for combustion, 77. 

 Allegheny, Pa., license law, 



252. 

 Angles or arcs, Measures of, 



42. 



Anthracite coal, 79. 

 Apparent, cut-off, 183. 



slip, 231. 

 Approximate mean effective 



pressure, 190. 

 Arcs, Measures of angles or, 



42. 



Area of chimney, 110. 

 of safety valve, 115. 

 Areas, Irregular, 35. 



of circles, Table of circum- 

 ferences and, 38. 

 Arrangement of piping, 122. 

 Atlanta, Ga., license law, 252. 

 Atomic weight, 55. 



weights of elements, Table 



of, 55. 



Atomization of oil, 83. 

 Attachment of indicator, 175. 



of indicator cord, 180. 

 Automatic injectors, 123 



Axially expanded pitch, 234. 

 Axle, Wheel and, 66. 



i, 81. 

 Baltimore, Md., license law, 



253. 



Banking fires, 164. 

 Barrel calorimeter, 97. 

 Bearing, Refitting cut, 216. 

 Bearings, Brass-bound, 210. 



Danger of increasing heat- 

 ing of, 215. 



Dangerous heating of, 216. 



Effects of external heat on, 

 222. 



Grit in, 220. 



Hot, 215. 



Lubrication of turbine, 228. 



Newly fitted, 217. 



Oils squeezed out of, 220. 



Remedies for increasing 

 heating of, 215. 



Running engine with hot, 



216. 



Bed plate, Springing of, 222. 

 Belt pulleys, 66. 

 Belting, 69. 

 Belts, Horsepower of, 70. 



Lacing of, 72. 



Sag of, 69. 



Speed of, 70. 

 Bends, Expansion, 121. 

 Bituminous coal, 80. 

 Blade area, 237. 



area, Developed, 234. 



area, Helicoidal, 234. 

 Blades, Clearance of turbine, 

 225. 



Erosion of turbine, 226. 



Stripping of turbine, 226. 

 Blow-off, Bottom, 119.- 



-off cocks and valves, 119. 



