Engine, steam fire, ills. and des.,

Entering or taper tap, ills. and des.,

Evaporation, def. and laws of,

Eve, J., inventor of Eve’s rotary pump, historical note,

Eve’s rotary pump, des. and ills.,

Exhaust steam induction condenser, des. and ills.,

injector, ills. and des.,

injector, high pressure, ills. and des.,

Exhaust steam, utilizing of; note,

Expansibility of gases, def. and ills.,

Expansion and compression of a body, def.,

Explanations of principles involved in feeding tank,

exposed pipes, precautions against freezing,

Extra first steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,

Failure of pump, how to find cause,

Fans, ills.,

des.,

Feed-cock, des.,

Feeding into bottom of tank requires less power than top,

Feed-water heater and combined condenser, ills. and des.,

Volz, ills. and des.,

impurities, des., note relating to,

Fifth steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,

Fire engine, Silsby steam, des. and ills.,

steam, ills. and des.,

Fire hose flow of water, how retarded in, des.,

pumps, Holyoke pattern of rotary,

First steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,

Flange joint, ills., and des.,

Flanges, diameters of standard; Table,

standard, bolt circles of; Table,

table of standard sizes,

thickness of standard,

union, des. and ills.,

Float, automatic action of the pump controlled by a, ills. and des.,

Flow of water over Weir dam; Table,

Fluid, particles of,

Flume, mechanism to shut off the water supply of, ills.,

Foot-board of the steam fire engine, des.,

Foot valve applied to centrifugal pump,

Forcer of steam injector,

Foundations of tanks,

suitable, precautions for,

Fountain, Hero’s, ills. and des.,

in vacuo, ills. and des.,

Four stage centrifugal pump, ills. and des.,

Fourth steam fire engine, capacity and weight of,

Four-way cock, des.,

Fox boiler, des. and ills.,

Freeman, John R., credit given for table,

Freezing, anti-, device,

of pipe, how prevented, ills. and des.,

Friction, different kinds of pipe,

Friction heads; Table,

in small pipes; Table,

Friction, influence of, on different kinds of pipe,

loss in pounds pressure; Table,

must be kept down,

Frizell system of air lift pumps,

Gage-cock, des.,

Gallon, capacity of,

imperial, capacity of,

Gallons for each foot of length in pipes,

Gases and liquids, properties in common, des.,

compressibility of,

diffusion of,

expansibility of, def. and ills.,

permanent, def.,

pressure exerted by,

weight of, def.,

Gas-fitter’s air proving pump, def. and ills.,

Gates, head, mechanism to raise and lower, ills.,

Gauge, hydraulic, test pump, ills. and des.,

indicating pressure and vacuum, des.,

vacuum, why graduated in inches; note,

Giffard, Inventor of the injector; historical note,

Gould’s rotary pump, ills.,

des.,

Governor and pump, des. and ills.,

Governors, Carr steam pump, ills. and des.,

Governor, Mason pump, ills. and des.,

utility combination pump, des. and ills.,

Governors, pump speed, ills. and des.,

Graduated tank, des.,

Grains, wet, brewers’, how pumped; note,

Graphite as a lubricant, des.,

Graphite, invaluable about studs, nuts, etc.,

mix with oil for hand pump,

use of, on pipe threads,

Gravitation, effect on current of air,

Gravity, a property of air,

Grit, avoid in packing,

Guericke, Otto von, inventor,

Guide vanes of Worthington centrifugal pump, des.,

des.,

Hammer, how best used, des.,

Hand air pumps, des. and ills.,

Harris system of raising water by direct pressure,

Hayden & Derby Mfg. Co.,

Head gates, mechanism to raise and lower, ills.,

Heads, friction at given rates; Table,

Heat, action of, on particles of bodies,

Heater, noiseless water, ills. and des.,

stationary, for the steam fire engine,

Heron or Hero, account of,

of Alexandria; historical note relating to steam fire engine,

“Hero’s fountain,” invented by Hero of Alexandria,

ills. and des.,

“Hessian Suck,” a form of centrifugal pump, des.,

Hinged valve,

Historical notes and ills. relating to steam fire engine,

History of the centrifugal pump,

Hogshead, capacity of,

Holyoke improved speed governor for water wheels, ills. and des.,

pattern rotary pump,

Horizontal two-stage pump, ills.,

des.,

Hydraulic dredge, 20-inch, ills. and des.,

dredging pump, Boggs & Clarke, ills. and des.,

gauge test pump, ills. and des.,

joints for high pressure, ills. and des.,

Hydraulic lifts and cranes, pump for, des. and ills.,

packing, difficulty in cutting,

pipes, best way to join; Note,

riveting and punching, pump for, ills. and des.,

Hydro-pneumatics,

Ice, expansion of,

Ideal steel tank tower, ills. and des.,

“Impellers,” des.,

Impellers of Worthington centrifugal pump, des.,

Impellers or pistons of rotary pumps, ills. and des.,

“Imperial” air compressor, ills. and des.,

Imperial gallon, capacity of,

Incrustation, des.,

Incrustations of injector pipes, how removed,

Injection, def.,

water of air and vacuum pumps, des.,

Injector, action of,

a gauge indicating both pressure and vacuum for the,

“Injector” condenser, Bulkley, ills. and des.,

Injector, double tube universal, ills.,

des.,

exhaust steam, ills. and des.,

high pressure exhaust steam, ills. and des.,

how to start the exhaust steam,

Korting, des.,

“Manhattan” automatic, ills.,

des.,

Metropolitan double tube, ills.,

des.,

Metropolitan single tube, ills.,

des.,

Monitor, ills.,

des.,

not an economical device,

peerless automatic, ills.,

des.,

peerless, names of parts,

ills.,

peerless, table of pressure and temperature of the,

the exhaust steam,

Injectors and ejectors,

piping of “Manhattan” and peerless, ills. and des.,

rules to govern the actions, etc., of,

table of capacity of,

three distinct types of,

Inspection for causes of failure in starting a pump,

Inspections, internal and external necessary,

Inspirator, des.,

Instructions and suggestions for the steam fire engine,

Interchangeable socket wrench, ills. and des.,

Inter-cooler, the, ills. and des.,

Intermediate tap, ills. and des.,

Interruption of flow by foreign body in suction,

Inverted-cup valve,

Irregularity in duplex pump, cause of,

Irregular speed indicates trouble,

Duty, unsteady discharge requires attention,

“Isochronal” pump, def.,

Jet condenser, ills. and des.,

discovery of,

Jet pump, the, ills. and des.,

type of condenser,

Joint, pipe, compounds for making, recipes,

piping, des. and ills.,

Keel condenser, what it consists of,

Kerosene, effect on pipe joints,

Key valve,

“Kicking down” a well in the early days, ills.,

Knight, E. H., classification of cocks and valves,

Korting injector, pieces composing the, shown in cuts page,

names of the parts,

La France steam fire engine pump, ills.,

des.,

Leakage, indications of,

slight, unimportant,

Leaks, often the cause of failure in starting a pump,

Left and right-hand pumps, customary rule for,

Life of boiler of steam fire engine, how prolonged,

Lifter of steam injector,

Lifting valve,

Lime, carbonate of, in boiler scale,

Liquid air, des.,

Liquids under heavy pressure, pump for delivering, ills. and des.,

Lobes of rotary pump, ills. and des.,

Location for pumps, proper,

Lombard, Nathaniel, pump governor; note,

Lubrication, intermittent, to be avoided,

Lubrication, proper, for packing,

Magdeburg cups or hemispheres, ills. and des.,

Magma sugar pump, ills. and des.,

Magnesia, carbonate of in boiler scale,

salt, etc., in water,

must be removed,

Main feed pump, uses for the,

“Manhattan” automatic injector, ills.,

des.,

Marine pump, Davidson pattern, ills. and des.,

Marine pumps,

Ship’s pump,

“Mariotte’s law”,

Marks of parts necessary,

Maslin automatic steam vacuum pump, ills.,

des.,

Mason elevator pump pressure regulator, ills. and des.,

pump governor, ills. and des.,

pump pressure regulator, ills. and des.,

steam pump with receiver attached, ills. and des.,

water reducing valve, ills. and des.,

“Massachusetts pump,” des.,

Matter, properties of,

Measurements of pipe lines, how to be taken, ills.,

Mechanical boiler cleaners,

Mercury, inches of, def.,

Metallic packings, popular and good,

Meter, water, ills. and des.,

Worthington water, ills. and des.,

Meteorology, def.,

Metropolitan double tube injector, ills.,

des.,

single tube injector, ills.,

des.,

Mine drainage, adaptation of the turbine pump for,

pump columns, ills. and des.,

Miner’s inch water measurement, ills.,

Mining, Cataract steam pump, ills.,

des.,

Mining pump, double leather, ills.,

des.,

electric, ills., Part One,

des., Part Two,

hand-power, ills.,

des.,

the Cameron vertical plunger sinking, ills.,

des.,

the “Scranton,” ills. and des.,

Mining pumps, des. and ills.,

pumps, an advantage of; note,

note relating to the cost of repairing a half-inch globe valve,

use of compressed air in,

Miscellaneous pumps,

Molecules, repulsive force of,

Monitor injector, ills.,

des.,

Monkey-wrenches, “knife-handle,” ills. and des.,

Morris Machine Company’s centrifugal pump, steam-driven, ills. and des.,

Mud, 20-inch hydraulic dredge for pumping mud, silt, etc.,

Mullin’s Automatic controller, ills. and des.,

Multi-stage centrifugal pump, ills. and des.,

turbine pump, priming of, ills. and des.,

Neck-cap of the modern pulsometer, ills. and des.,

Neck-piece of the modern pulsometer, ills. and des.,

Newcomen, discovery relating to condensation of steam,

Nipple-Holder, pipe, ills. and des.,

Norwalk compound compressor, des. and ills.,

standard compressor, ills. and des.,

note,

Nozzles of steam fire engine,

three types of, in steam injector,

Nuts and screws must be kept tight,

Oak-bark, directions for use,

white, used in boilers,

Oil-cock, des.,

Oil, how used in the Cataract steam pump cylinder,

Oil-pipe lines, pump for,

tank steamer pump, ills. and des.,

Packing, care of,

economy of, narrow rings,

for pump plungers,

for pumps, suitable,

how to fit,

must be elastic, never rigid,

for stuffing boxes, badly proportioned, glands too short,

to cut square thinner, des. and ills.,

Paper mills, particularly adapted for use of centrifugal pumps,

Papin, Denis, inventor, account of,

historical note,

Parallel vise,

Parker, Richard Green, quotation,

Peerless automatic injector, ills.,

des.,

Pelton water wheel,

Pilot or auxiliary valve, des.,

Pipe, condenser spray, des.,

connections, proper arrangements of,

cutter, ills. and des.,

fitting, des.,

freezing of, how prevented, ills. and des.,

gas and steam, how measured,

joint, des. and ills.,

telescopic, ills. and des.,

Pipe lines, how measurements are to be taken, ills.,

lines, steam,

Pipe, making up a piece of,

nipple holder, des.,

originally a musical wind instrument,

saddles for quick connections into pipes, ills.,

spanner, ills. and des.,

stock and die, des.,

Pipe, suction, should be drained,

tail, of condenser, ills.,

thickness of standard,

Pipe tongs, ills. and des.,

vise, ills. and des.,

Pipe, wooden, note relating to,

wrench, Trimo, ills. and des.,

advantages and disadvantages of,

Pipes and fittings, note relating to,

exposed, precautions against freezing,

flow of water in cast iron; table,

joints and fittings,

relative advantages of,

Pipes, small, rates of discharge; table,

steam, to properly drain,

strainers for suction, ills. and des.,

Piping of Manhattan and peerless injectors, ills. and des.,