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Experiments, Watt’s on steam from salt water 62 
— from pure water ibid 
on paddle wheels App. 42, 43, 47 
additional, on paddle wheels App. 55 
deductions from — 56 
description of, to ascertain the 
effect of fixing the paddle hoards at an 
angle with the radius of the wheel — 57 
— to ascertain the ratio of the 
speed of a steam boat to the pressure — 62 
on H. M. ship Lightning ibid 
Dee — 64 
Phoenix — 65 
Explanation of plates . . 327 
Expressions for the heat of conversion into 
steam . . .50 
finding the volume steam 
will occupy under any compressive 
force not exceeding 60 atmospheres 84 
area of steam passages . 90 
loss of velocity of steam from 
bends or obstructions in the pipes . 91 
loss of force of steam by cool 
ing in passing through the steam pipe 92 
loss by cooling cylinder . 99 
area of chimneys 102, 103 
fire surface . . 117 
quantity of water for con 
densation . . .147 
power of the steam of a cubic 
foot of water . . .155 
power of steam of a cubic foot 
of water when acting expansively . ibid 
the greatest quantity of me 
chanical power the steam of a cubic 
foot of water will give when acting 
expansively . . .156 
: proportion of length of cy 
linder to diameter . . 162 
best velocity for the engine 
to work with . . .164 
capacity of air pump . 169 
power required to work air 
pump . . .171 
friction of pistons 221, 222 
circular force of crank . 229 
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Expressions for stress on the axis or shaft 229 
length of radius rods for 
parallel motion . 231,233,234, 235 
strength of rods subjected to 
tensile strain . 
piston rods 
cranks 
wheel arms 
beams . 
shafts . 
-beam gudgeons 
pipes and cylinders 
—— flat plates to hear the 
pressure of steam 
the greatest stress in lbs. on 
a circular inch a plate will bear 
strength of boilers formed of 
• 
251, 252 
cast iron boilers 
253 
fly wheels 
259 
counter weights 
260 
paddle wheels . 
303, 304 
the angle when the effective 
resistance of the paddle is greatest App. 49 
effective leverage of crank — 175 
angular velocities of crank 
for one engine . — 177 
deviation from mean value of 
angular velocities . . ibid 
angular velocities of a crank 
for a pair of engines . — 180 
the screw propeller applied 
to steam vessels . — 231 
240 
241 
243 
ibid 
ibid 
245 
ibid 
247 
248 
249 
F. 
Fairbairn, W., of Manchester 392, 393 
Faraday, Michael . 56, 60, 80, 81, App. 6 
Feedpipe . . .135 
Fenwick, Thomas . . . 40, 260 
Field, Joshua . . 262, 272 
’s valve . . . 262 
Fincham, J., master shipwright, Sheerness 
Dock-yard, (Plates 33, 34, 35, 36, 94, 
104, 105, 106, 107) 
Fire, management of . .273