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INDEX. 



Boiler with internal flue 



tube 



Boilers, cast iron 



formed of plates 



copper 



construction of copper 



PAOE 



. 21, 22 



25 



253 



251, App. 8 



. App. 4 



App. 10 



of the African steam vessel of war, 



description of (Plate 22) 

 of the Medea steam vessel of war, 



description of (Plate 23) 



surface for fire 



space for steam and water in 



power of low pressure 



number of . 



form of 



355 



- Watt's . 



strength of 



size of 



cylindrical 



roles for . 



spherical . 



tubular 



Rumford's 



- Woolf's . 



with internal fires 



steam carriage 



supply 



steam boat 



high pressure 



portable 



apparatus for 



116 



120, 122 

 123 

 124 

 ibid 

 125 



249, 251, 252 



126, 133 



126, 260 



125, 126 



253 



254 



128 



129 



130 



130, 132 



130, 135, 136, 143 

 131 

 136 

 132 

 135 



supply of with water . 135, 136 



practical roles for . App. 207 



marine . . . App. 1 



uses of roman cement for App. 5,11 



coating for . App. 1 6 



incrustation of not greater in 



a voyage to the Mediterranean, than on 

 any other voyage of similar duration App. 3 

 ^ circulating pipes and dampers 

 for . . . . App. 13 



brine pump for App. 2, 3 



Maudslay and Field's, expe- 

 riments on . . App. 2 



bio wing- off cocks . App. 6 



Kingston's safety valve for App. 7 



PAGE 

 Boilers, marine, water ways of . App. 20 



flues of . . App. 21 



detector pipe for . App. 21 



glass water gauges and cop- 



per floats for . 

 reverse valves for 



App. 22 

 App. 22 



60 

 , 32, 291 



29 



Boiling point of solutions 



Bossut . 



Boulton 



Boulton and Watt . 



. 24, 163, 170, 192, 195, 208, 218 

 Bramah, Joseph . . 32, 40, 215, 222 



Bramah and Dickinson's rotary engine . 32 



's slide valve . . 207 



's four-way cock . . 212 



Brindley . . '.21 



Brunei . . . .81 



Brunton's fire place . .134 



Bucket, air pump . . . 205 



Bury, Edward, of Liverpool (Plates of the 



Tiger's marine engines 111, and 111 A) 497 



C. 



Cagniard de la Tour, experiments by 71,73,75,78 

 Canal, Table I. of experiments made on the 



Forth and Clyde . App. 201 



Table II. Monkland . . ibid 



Canal boats . . . 294 



Carbon, effect as fuel . .107 



Carbonic acid . . . 80, 81 



Carburet of sulphur . . 77 



Carriage, steam (Plate 20) . 



42, 119, 120, 132, 284, 403, 407 

 Cartwright, Dr. Edmund . 34, 218, 223 



's engines . . 35 



's piston . 34, 35, 218 



Cataract . . 23, 265 



Cements . . . 254 



iron . . . ibid 



Centre of pressure of a paddle App. 44 

 investigation 



of . . . App. 45 



Charcoal, effect of . . .107 



Chase water engine . 23, 188, 216 



Chelsea water-works engine (Plates 84, 85, 



86, 87, 88) . . . 404 



