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INDEX.
PAGE
Steam engine, Newcomen’s . 10, 11, 23
Papin’s . . 8
Savery’s 5, 6, 17, 24, 36, 37
— Stephensons’ patent locomotive 407
Watt’s . 25, 26, 27, 28
Woolf’s . . 94, 237
Worcester’s, Marquis of . 3
equalizing the action of . 256
atmospheric . 96, 98, 99, 187
maximum effect of . 99, 100
of useful effect in 163
for, when equal
ized by a fly . . .163
of useful effect for
raising water . .165
atmospheric improved . 189
single acting . 184, 191
double acting . 185, 195, 199
combined cylinder
high pressure
noncondensing
proportion of parts
199
152, 173
power of
at full power
by expansion
classification
condensing
double cylinder expansive
best force for the steam of
noncondensing . 182, 183
regulating the power of . 260
methods of ascertaining the
state and effect of
measuring the useful effect
265
of
269
271
88
working of .
motion of steam in
loss of force by cooling
92, 95, 97, 99
length of stroke
velocity of mean effect
for expansion
air pumps and condenser
proportions
air pump
power required for working
161
163
165
167
170
Steam engine, force of steam for 183
loss of steam
Steam passages
rules for
Steam pipes, cooling in
journal, form of
Stephensons’ patent locomotive engine
Strength, effect of expansion on
Strength of parts of engines .
rods .
beams
cranks
wheel arms
teeth of wheels, table of
shafts
pipes and cylinders
plates
boilers
vessels
Stress on the parts of engines
178, 179,
173
Stroke, length of .
and
cut off
175
Stuffing boxes
176
Sulphuret of carbon, force
177
Sun and planet wheels
150, 161
Symington, William
184—212
PAGE
, 194, 195
183
187
94
92
App. 31
407
247, 253
239—255
240, 241
243
ibid
ibid
244
245
246
248
249
310
239
161
194, 198
222
77
27
31, 41
T.
Table of Southern’s experiments on the
bulk and heat of steam . . 51
Rumford’s, on heat of steam . 53, 54
Ure’s, on heat of steam . 54, 55
boiling points of solutions . 60, 61
expansion of water . . 58
constant numbers for sea water 61
Watt’s experiments on the steam
from salt water . . 62
Watt’s experiments on pure water ibid
Robison’s experiments on pure water 64
on the force of steam . ibid
Dalton’s experiments on the force
of steam . . . 66, 67
Ure’s experiments on the force of
steam . . .69