INDEX. 



247 



Southern's mode of experimenting on high 



pressure steam . . 69 



experiments by . . 51, 70 



on the force of steam . 70 



Speed of vessels . 311,313 

 Spring beams . . . 262 

 Stability of vessels . . 289 

 Stamping engines . . . 279 

 Steam, density of, directly as the pressure 52 

 condensation of . . 146 



- elastic force of . 51, 56, 62, 64, 70 

 rules for 58, 59, 82, 83 



App. 205 



- volume of . . 12, 16, 52, 83, 84 

 inversely as the pressure 52 



rules for . 84, App. 206 



expansion of . .83 



temperature . . 58 



capacity of, for heat greater than 



that of water . . .48 

 Robison's apparatus for determin- 

 ing the force of . .63 

 generation and condensation of . 105 



- heat to produce 49, 51, 52, 55, 56, 113 

 power of . . . 150 



to produce rectilinear motion 153 



modes of applying the power of 160 



power, rotary . . 157 



latent heat of . 48,56,112 

 mixture of air and . 84 



312 

 103, 143 



motion of, in an engine 



effect of 



escape of, at valves . 



quantity of, for engines 



176, 180, 181, 187, 190, 192, 196 



force of . . 32, 41, 5684 



Steam vessels . . 14, 41, 288 



- Red Rover . 358, 474 



- City of Canterbury . 358 

 Medea . App. 100 



African , . 355 



Caledonia . App. 100 



Asia . . . ibid 



Vanguard . . ibid 



-Nile . . 361,483 

 Phoenix 363 



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 Steam vessels, Rhadamanthus, Salamander 



(Plates 38, 39) . . 363 



Ruby . . 364, 475 



Don Juan . . 368 



Hermes, Spitfire, Firefly . ibid 



Jason and Colchis . 369 



enumeration of, fitted with 



Hall's improvements . . 376 



- Megaera . . 378 



- William Wilberforce . 382 

 -Dartford . . 391 



Comet . . 470 



Forbes . . 473 



Berenice . 400,471 



- Colchis . . 492 

 -Tiger . . 497 



Firebrand . . 498 



Great Western . .357 



Car of Neptune (U. S.) App. 103 



- Sun (U. S.) . - 105 



- North America (U. S.) 106 



- President (U. S.) 107 



- New Philadelphia (U. S.) - 108 

 -Fulton (U. S.) . 110 



- North Carolina (U. S.) . ibid 



Cornelius Vanderbitt (U. S.) ibid 



Highlander (U. S.) . ibid 

 Lexington, dimensions (U. S.) Ill 



- Dewitt Clinton (U. S.) 110 

 -Savannah (U. S.) - 113 



- Cleopatra (U. S.) - 114 

 Massachusetts (U. S.) . ibid 



register tonnage of . 320 



- navigation of 14,31,41,288,360 



engines of . . 314 



pressure engines . 25,175,191 



case . , 38, 92, 93, 95 



gauge . . .266 



cylinder . . .161 



indicator . . . 267 



engine, invention and improvement 



of . . . . 1 46 



general theory of, by Editor 



App. 173 



Dickinson's . . 32 



Hornblower's 29 



