The Steam Heating Plant Heat of Vaporization—Steam Temperature—Gage Pressure—Absolute Pressure—Two-pipe System—Separate-return System—Overhead or Drop System—Water-filled Radiators—Air Vents—Automatic Air Vents—Steam Radiator Valves—The House-heating Steam Boiler—Boiler Trimmings—The Water Column—The Steam Gage—The Safety Valve—The Draft Regulator—Rule for Proportioning Radiators—Proportioning the Size of Mains—Forms of Radiators—Radiator Finishings—Pipe Coverings—Vapor-system Heating.
The Hot-water Heating Plant The Low-pressure Hot-water System—The High-pressure Hot-water System—Heating-plant Design—Overhead System of Hot-water Heating—Expansion Tanks—Radiator Connection—Hot-water Radiators—Hot-water Radiator Valves—Air Vents—Automatic Hot-water Air Vents.
Temperature Regulation Hand Regulation—Damper Regulator for Steam Boiler—Damper Regulators for Hot-water Furnaces—The Thermostat Motor—Combined Thermostat and Damper Regulator—Thermostat-motor Connections.
Management of Heating Plants General Advice—The Economy of Good Draft—General Firing Rules—Weather and Time of Day—Night Firing—First-day Firing—Other Day Firing—Economy and Fuels—For Burning Soft Coal—For Burning Coke—Other Rules for Water Boilers—Air-vent Valves on Radiators—The Air Valves—End of the Season—The Right Chimney Flue—“Smokey” Chimneys.
Water Supply Water Analysis—Pokegama Water—River Water—Artesian Water—Medical Water—Organic Matter—Ammonia—Hardness in Water—Iron in Water—Water Softening With Hydrated Silicates—Chlorine—Polluted Water—Pollution of Wells—Safe Distance in the Location of Wells—Surface Pollution of Wells—Water Table—The Divining Rod—Selection of a Type of Well—Flowing Wells—Construction of Wells—Dug Wells—Open Wells—The Ideal Well—Coverings of Concrete—Artesian Wells—Driven Wells—Bored Wells—Cleaning Wells—Gases in Wells—Peculiarities of Wells—Breathing Well—Freezing Wells—Pumps—The Lift Pump—The Force Pump—Tank Pump—Well Pumps—Wooden Pump—Pumps for Driven Wells—Deep-well Pumps—Tubular Well Cylinders—Chain Pumps—Rain Water Cisterns—Filters—The Hydraulic Ram—Single-acting Hydraulic Ram—The Double-acting Hydraulic Ram—Domestic Water-supply Plants—Gravity Water Supply—Pressure-tank System of Water Supply—The Pressure Tank—Power Water-supply Plants—Electric Power Water Supply—The Water Lift.
Coal Oxidation of Hydrocarbons—Graphitic Anthracite—Cannel Coal—Lignite—Peat—Wood—Charcoal—Coke—Gas-coke—Briquettes —Comparative Value of Coal to Other Fuels—Price of Coal.
Atmospheric Humidity Humidity of the Air—Relative Humidity—The Hygrometer—The Hygrodeik—Dial Hygrometers—The Swiss Cottage “Barometer”—Dew-point—To Determine the Dew-point—Frost Prediction—Prevention of Frost—Humidifying Apparatus.
Ventilation 196 Quantity of Air Discharged by a Flue—Cost of Ventilation—The Wolpert Air Tester—Pneumatic Temperature Regulation—Mechanical Ventilation—The Plenum Method—Ventilation Apparatus—Air Conditioning—Humidifying Plants—Vaporization as a Cooling Agent—Air-cooling Plants—Humidity Control.
Gaseous and Liquid Fuels Gaseous and Liquid Fuels—Coal Gas—All-oil Water Gas—Pintsch Gas—Blau Gas—Water Gas—Measurement of Gas—Gas Meters How to Read the Index—Prepayment Meters—Gas-service Rules—Gas Ranges—Lighting and Heating with Gasoline—Gasoline—Kerosene—The Cold-process Gas Machine—The Hollow-wire System of Gasoline Lighting and Heating—Mantle Gas Lamps—Open-flame Gas Burners—The Inverted-mantle Gasoline Lamp—Portable Gasoline Lamp—Central Generator
