INDEX. 



237 



Experiments, Watt's on steam from salt water 62 

 from pure water ibid 



on paddle wheels App. 42, 43, 47 



additional, on paddle wheels App. 55 



deductions from 56 



description of, to ascertain the 



effect of fixing the paddle boards at an 

 angle with the radius of the wheel 57 

 to ascertain the ratio of the 



84 

 90 



speed of a steam boat to the pressure 62 

 on H. M. ship Lightning ibid 



- Dee - 64 



- Phoenix 65 



Explanation of plates . . 327 



Expressions for the heat of conversion into 



steam . . .50 



finding the volume steam 



will occupy under any compressive 

 force not exceeding 60 atmospheres 



area of steam passages 



loss of velocity of steam from 



bends or obstructions in the pipes . 91 



loss of force of steam by cool- 

 ing in passing through the steam pipe 92 



loss by cooling cylinder . 99 



area of chimneys 102, 103 



fire surface . . 117 



quantity of water for con- 

 densation . . . 147 



power of the steam of a cubic 



foot of water . . .155 



power of steam of a cubic foot 



of water when acting expansively . ibid 

 the greatest quantity of me- 



chanical power the steam of a cubic 

 foot of water will give when acting 

 expansively . . .156 



proportion of length of cy- 

 linder to diameter . 1 62 



best velocity for the engine 



to work with . . .164 



capacity of air pump . 1 69 



power required to work air 



pump . . .171 



friction of pistons 221, 222 



circular force of crank . 229 



Expressions for stress on the axis or shaft 229 



length of radius rods for 



parallel motion . 231, 233, 234, 235 



- strength of rods subjected to 



tensile strain . . . 240 



piston rods . 241 



cranks . 243 



wheel arms . ibid 



beams . . ibid 



shafts . . 245 

 beam gudgeons . ibid 



pipes and cylinders 247 



flat plates to bear the 

 pressure of steam . 248 



the greatest stress in tts. on 



a circular inch a plate will bear . 249 



strength of boilers formed of 

 plates . 251, 252 



cast iron boilers . 253 



fly wheels . . 259 



counter weights . 260 



paddle wheels . 303, 304 



the angle when the effective 

 resistance of the paddle is greatest App. 49 



effective leverage of crank 175 



angular velocities of crank 



for one engine . 177 



deviation from mean value of 



angular velocities . . ibid 



angular velocities of a crank 



for a pan- of engines . 1 80 



the screw propeller applied 



to steam vessels 231 



F. 



Fairbairn, W., of Manchester 392, 393 



Faraday, Michael . 56, 60, 80, 81, App. 6 



Feedpipe . . .135 



Fenwick, Thomas . . . 40, 260 



Field, Joshua . . 262, 272 



'a valve . . . 262 



Fincham, J., master shipwright, Sheerness 



Dock-yard, (Plates 33, 34, 35, 36, 94, 



104, 105, 106, 107) 

 Fire, management of . . 273 



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