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INDEX. 



PAGE 



Latent heat, measure of .49 

 Lavoisier . .107, 108, 207 

 Leslie, Professor . . 42,117,256 



Leupold . . . 13, 211 



Limit of steam power . . 156 



Links . . . .231 



Living forces, principle of . App. 183 



Lloyd's piston . . . 334 



Locomotive engine, parts of . . 407 



blast pipe . . 415 



blow off cocks . 422 



boiler and manner of ge- 

 nerating steam . . 409 



brake . . 467 



coke . . 467 



connecting rods . 425 



cranked axle . 437 



cross heads and guides 434 



cylinders and manner of 



using steam . . . 423 



cylinders and piston 427 



damper . .417 



eccentrics . . 442 



action of ._ 443 



external fire box . 409 



feed pumps 418, 451 



fire and heating power 422 



gauges . . 419 



inside frames . 463 



internal fire box . 410 



lead plug . . 420 



manhole . .421 



mud holes . . ibid 



oil cup . . 449 



outside framing . 459 



pet cock . .418 



piston . . 430 



regulator . . 425 



reversing gear . 444 



safety valve . 420 



lock-up . 421 



slide valves . . 427 



form of . 428 



. gear of . 443 



smoke box . .415 



doors . 418 



PAGB 



Locomotive engine, splashers . . 463 



-- steam chest . 427 



- pipe . 423 



- area of . 424 



tank . . 467 



tender . . 466 



wheels for 



tubes . . 412 



wheels, framing, &c. . 454 

 working of piston and slides 447 

 practical rules for App. 226 



M. 



MacneiU's experiments on canals 

 Manufacture, engines for 



iron 



cotton 



paper . 



App. 200 

 281 

 ibid 

 282 

 ibid 



32, 163, 212 

 335, 336 



Maudslay 



'a four-way cock, (Plate 8) 



and Field's experiments on marine 



boilers . . . App. 2 



and Co. . . 272,316 



Maximum of useful effect . . 33, 163 



equalized by a fly . .163 



Medea, H. M. steam ship, memoir of App. 80 



power of engines . . 82 



rigging and internal fitting . 83 



dimensions of . . 84 



engines of . . 85 



Mediterranean, daily evaporation of . 1 

 Mercurial gauge . . 142, 266 



safety gauge . . 142 



Metallic piston . . 34,35,218 



Metallic packing for rods . . 223 



Miller, Patrick . . .31 



Millington, John . 119,120,208 



Mines, engines for . 178,189,275 



depth of . . . 276 



Morgan, W. App. 41, 42, 43, 48, 52, 53, 55, 56, 

 61, 71, 83, 87, 88, 118, 156, 157, 158, 159, 



160, 162 

 Morland, Sir Samuel . . 4 



's table of force of vapour . ibid 



Mornay, A. A., on paddle wheels App. 117 



