Calendar: 1862-1863 Page 128
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128 APPLIED SCIENCES Clocks and Watches The Pendulum the Laws which govern its action the various forms of Escapement the Lever Watch the Chronometer Details of Construction the Striking part of Clock Second Year Boilers -The Formation of Vapour its Properties the Pressure of Steam Varieties of Boilers Haystack Cylin- drical Egg-ended Tubular Cornish Multi-tubular Strength of BoilerPlate Method of Riveting Seams Heating Surface Fuels Wood Coal Coke Grate Area Flues Chimney Economy of Boilers Methods of Consuming Smoke Methods of Preventing Explosion and Collapse Rules to be observed in Cases of Danger Boiler Fittings-Safety-valves Floats Gauge Cocks Pressure Gauges Feed Pumps Injectors Priming and Methods of preventing it The Steam Engine Stationary Locomotive Marine Atmospheric High Pressure Low Pressure Condensing Non-condensing Expansion Meaning of the terms High Pressure Non-condensing Steam Engine Outlines of its Early History Details of Construction of the Stationary High Pressure Non-condensing Engine the Slide Valve Indicator Lap and Lead of the Valve Cylinder Piston Beam Parallel Motion Connecting Rod Crank Fly-wheel Governor Eccentric High Pressure Expansive Condensing Engine Economy of Expanding and Condensing "Cutoff best point of cut off for given Pressure of Steam Con- denser Air Pump Cold Water Supply The Locomotive Engine its General Arrangement Link Motion Setting the Valves Method of Reversing Economy of Coke Consumption of Coke Oil and Tallow per Mile General Rules for Guidance of Drivers and Firemen Low Pressure Condensing Engine Cornish Pumping Engine Double Beat Valve Ring Valve Tappet Motion Cataract Motion Duty of Cornish Engine Blowing Engines Marine Engines Traction Engines
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