INDEX 



A-c generators, 505-507 



Accessories and controls R-12, 479-482 



Adiabatic state changes, 178 



Air ejector assemblies, 352 



Alpha survey meters, 76 



Alternating- current theory, 503 



Anchor windlass, 503-532 



Area meters, 145 



Auxiliary machinery and equipment, 361 



Auxiliary steam turbines, 422-436 



safety devices, 434-436 



safety devices-testing, 436 



speed control devices, 428-434 



turbines-auxiliary 



lubrication, 424-428 

 types of, 422-424 



Boiler components-Continued 



fuel oil burners, 241-243 



furnaces and refractories, 243 



generating and circulating tubes, 236 



saddles and supports, 244 



superheaters, 237-239 

 Boiler controls, 307-318 

 Boiler fittings and controls, 276-318 



controls, 307-318 



external fittings and connections, 281-307 



internal fittings, 276-281 

 Boiler maintenance, 274 

 Boiler water requirements, 261-265 

 Bourdon-tube elastic elements, 138-141 

 Bridge console, 644 

 Butterfly valves, 375 



Back-pressure trips, 435 

 Ballasting systems, 225 

 Basic mechanical units, 121-124 

 Bearings, 93-98 



main line shaft, 96 



main thrust, 96 



stern tube and strut, 96-98 

 Bellows elastic elements, 141 

 Bernoulli's theorem, 395 

 Beta and gamma meters, 75 

 Bimetallic expansion thermometer, 132 

 Bimetallic steam traps, 370 

 Biological decontamination, 79 

 Blower lubrication, 417 

 Blower speed, control of, 418 

 Boiler casualty control, 271-274 

 Boiler components, 235-245 



airheaters, 244 



castings, uptakes, and smoke pipes, 244 



desuperheaters, 239 



drums and headers, 235 



economizers, 239 



fittings, instruments, and controls, 244 



Capstan, 530 



Carnat principle, 182 



Carrier catapults, 532-539 



Centrifugal pumps, 407-410 



Centrifugal purifiers, 116-118 



Centrifugal tachometers, 147 



Check valves, 375 



Chemical decontamination, 80 



Chronometric tachometers, 148 



Components and accessories-turbines, 328-333 



bearings, 329 



blades, 329 



castings, 328 



dummy pistons and cylinders, 331 



flexible couplings, 332 



foundation, 328 



gland sealing systems, 330 



lubricating systems, 333 



nozzles, 328 



nozzle diaphragms, 329 



reduction gears, 332 



rotars, 329 



shaft glands, 330 



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