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Flow of water, experiments on, 566-
573

of water, fall per mile and slope,
table, 558

of water, Flynn's formula, 562

of water, formulæ for, 557-564,

1089

of water in pipes, 557
of water in pipes at
velocity, table, 572

uniform

of water in cast-iron pipe, 566
of water in house-service pipes,
table, 578

of water in 20" pipe, 566
of water in pipes, table from
D'Arcy's formula, 569-572
of water in pipes, tables from
Kutter's formula, 568, 569
of water, Kutter's formula, 559
of water, Molesworth's formula,
562

of water, old formulæ for, 564
of water over weirs, 555, 586

of water, Vr for pipes and con-
duits, table, 559

of water through orifices, 555,
584

Flowing water, horse-power of, 589
water, measurement of, 582
Flues, collapsing pressure of, 265
corrugated, British rules, 266, 702
corrugated, U. S. rules, 709
(see also Tubes and Boilers)
Flywheels, steam-engine, 817-824
(see Steam-engines)

Foaming or priming of steam-
boilers, 552, 718

Foot and inches, decimal equiva-
lents of, table, 112

Foot-pound, unit of work, 428
Force, centrifugal, 423
definitions of, 415

expression of, 429

graphic representation of, 415

moment of, 416

of acceleration, 427

of a blow, 430

of wind, 492

units of, 415

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Foundry irons, grades of, 372
ladles, dimensions of, 953
practice, 946-953

practice, moulding-sand, 952
practice, shrinkage of castings,

951

practice, use of softeners, 950
Fractions, 2

product of, in decimals, 4
Frames, steam-engine, 817

Framed structures, stresses in, 440-
447

Framing, for bulkheads, table, 287
for tanks, 287

Francis's formulæ for weirs, 586
Freezing-point of water, 550

French measures and weights, 21-26
thermal unit, 455

Frequency of alternating currents,
1061

Friction and lubrication, 928-945
brakes, capacity of, 980
ccefficient of, definition, 928
coefficient of, tables, 929, 930
fluid, laws of, 929
gearing, 905

laws of, of lubricated journals,
934

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Gas-producers use of steam in, 650
Gases, absorption of, 480

Avogadro's law of, 479

combustion of, rise of tempera-
ture in, 623
densities of, 479
expansion of, 479

expansion of by heat, table, 459
flow of, 480

heat of combustion of, 456
law of Charles, 479

Mariotte's law of, 479

of combustion, analyses of, 622
physical properties of, 479
specific heats of, 458

weight and specific gravity of,
table, 165

waste, use of, under boilers, 689,
690

Gasoline-engines, 850

Gauges, limit, for screw threads, 205
limit, for screw threads, table, 206
Gauge, wire, 28-30

sheet metal, 28, 30-32

Stub's wire, 29

decimal, 32

Gauss, definition and value of, 1052
Gear, reversing, 816

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891

wheels, formula for dimensions
of, 890

wheels, milling cutters for, 892
wheels, proportions of 891
Gearing, annular, 898
bevel, 898

chordal pitch, 889

comparison of formulæ, 902, 903

cycloidal teeth, 892

differential, 899

efficiency of, 899

forms of teeth, 892-899

formulæ for dimensions of, 890
friction, 905

involute teeth, 894

pitch, pitch-circle, etc, 887

pitch diameters for 1-inch circular
pitch, 889

proportions of teeth, 889-891
racks, 895

relation of diametral and circular
pitch, 888

speed of, 905

spiral, 897

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Guy-ropes for stand-pipes, 293 ̧
Guy-wires, table of sizes, weights,
and strength of, 223

Gyration, center of, 420
table of radii of, 421
radius of, 247, 249

Hammering, effect of, on steel, 412
Hardening of steel, 393, 414
Hardness of copper-tin alloys, 320
of water, 553

Haulage, wire-rope, 912d-916

wire-rope, endless rope system,
914

wire-rope, engine-plane, 913
wire-rope, inclined plane, 913

Haulage, wire-rope, tail-rope system,
913

wire-rope, tramway, 914
Hauling capacity of locomotives.
853

Hawley down-draught furnace, 712
Hawsers, flexible steel wire, 223
Hawser, hemp, weight of, 223
manila, weight of, 223

steel, weight of, 223

steel, table of sizes and proper-
ties, 229

table of comparative strength of
steel, hemp, manila, and chain,
230

Head, frictional, in cast-iron pipe,
table, 577

loss of, 573-579 (see Loss of head)
of air, due to temperature differ-
ences, 533

of water, 557

of water, comparison of, with
various units, 548

of water, value in pounds per
square inch, table, 189, 190

Heads of boilers, 706

of boilers, unbraced wrought-
iron, strength of, 285

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transmission of heat

building walls, 534

(see

through

Heating a building to 70°, 545
by electricity, 546, 1044

by exhaust steam, 780

of electrical conductors, 1031
of greenhouses, 541, 542
of large buildings, 534
of steel for forging, 413
of tool steel, 412

surface of steam-boiler, 678; meas-
urement of, 679

value of coals, 634, 635
value of wood, 639

Height, table of, corresponding to
a given velocity, 425

Heine boiler, test of, with different
coals, 688

Helical springs, capacity of, 349,
350

springs for locomotives, 353

steel springs, 347

Helix, 60

Hemp ropes, strength of, 301

горе, table of

weight of, 340

strength

and

rope, table of strength of, 338
rope, flat, table of strength of,
339

Henry, definition and value of, 1024
Hobson's hot-blast pyrometer, 453
Hodgkinson's formula for columns,
246

Hoisting, 906-916

by hydraulic pressure, 617
coal, 343

counterpoise system 910
cranes, 911 (see Cranes)
effect of slack rope, 908

endless rope system, 910
engines, 908

engines, compressed-air, 505b
engines, counterbalancing of, 909
horse-power required for, 907
Koepe system, 910

limit of depth for, 908
loaded wagon system, 910
pneumatic, 909

rope, 340

rope, iron, or steel, dimensions,
strength and properties, table,

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Hoisting rope, tension required to
prevent slipping, 916
suspension cableways, 915
tapering ropes, 910, 916

Holding power of bolts in white
pine, 291

power of expanded boiler-tubes,
307

power of lag-screws, 290

power of nails in woods, 291
power of spikes, 289

power of wood screws, 290

Hollow cylinders, resistance of, to
collapse, 264-266

shafts, torsional strength of, 282
Hooks, proportions of, 907
Horse-gin, 434

Horse, work of, 434

Horse-power constants of steam-

engines, 757

cost of, 590

definition of, 27, 429
electrical, 1031

electrical, table of, 1039
hours, definition of, 429
nominal, definition of, 756
of fans, 516

of flowing water, 589

of locomotive boilers, 679
of marine boilers, 679

of a steam-boiler, 677

of a steam-boiler, builders' rating,
679

of steam-engines, 755-761

of windmills, 497

required to compress air, 500
Hose, fire, friction losses in, 580
Hot-air engines, 850

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Locomotives, narrow-gauge, 865
oil consumption of, 943
performance of high-speed, 859a
petroleum-burning, 865
safe load on tires, 865
smoke-stacks, 856
speed of, 859a

steam distribution of, 858
steam-ports, size of, 859
testing apparatus, 863
tractive power of, 853, 857
types of, 858

valve travel, 859

water consumption of, 862
weight of, 857
Wootten, 855
Logarithms, 77

hyperbolic, tables of, 156-158

tables of, 129-156
use of, 127-129

Logarithmic curve, 71

sines, etc., 162

Logs, area of water required to

store, 232

weight of, 232

Long measure,

17

measure, French, 21

Loops of force, 1050

Loop, steam, 676

Loss of head, 573-579

of head, Cox's formula, 575

of head, in cast-iron pipe, tables,
574, 575

of head in riveted steel pipes, 574
Low strength of steel, 392
Lowmoor iron bars, strength of, 297
Lubrication, 942-945

Lubricants, examination of oil, 943
measurement of durability, 942
oil, specifications for, 944
qualifications of good, 942
relative value of, 942

soda mixture, 945

solid, 945

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Manometer, air, 481

Marble, strength of, 302

Marine Engineering, 1001-1019 (see
Ships and Steam-engines)
Marine boilers, 1015

engines, comparison of old and
modern, 1017

engines, three-stage,

pansion, 1017-1019

triple-ex-

Marriotte's law of gases, 479, 742
Masonry, crushing strength of, 312
materials, weight and specific
gravity of, 166

Mass, definition of, 427
expression of, 429

Materials, 163-235

strength of, 236-346

strength of, Kirkaldy's tests,
296-303

structural, stresses permissible in,
381

various, weights of, 169; table, 166
Maxima and minima, 76
without calculus, 1080
Maxwell, definition and value of,
1050

Mean effective pressures of adia-
batically compressed air, 5016
effective pressure of compressed
air, table, 502, 503

Measurements, miner's inch, 585
Measurement of air velocity, 491
of elongation. 243

of flowing water, 582-588
of vessels, 1001

weir-dam, 586

Measures, apothecaries, 18, 19
board, 20

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