INDEX.
Fuel, table of effect of
Fulton .
Furnace, Roberton’s
Fusible plug
PAGE
109
44
133
142, 143
G.
Gases, properties of
as mechanical agents
Gasket .
Gauge cocks
steam
condenser
Generation of steam
power of steam
Gensanne
Gilbert, Mr.
Glasgow, number of engines in
Glynn, J., on the indicator
Governor
practical rules for .
Grate bars, area of 115, 116, 134,
Grinding corn
H.
Hall’s piston . . . 334
Hall, Samuel, his improvements in the steam
47, 82, 83
80, 81, 85
216
7
. 28, 266
28, 34, 266
. 17, 105
151
18
101, 145
45
App. 167
263, 264
App. 213
135, — 210
284
engine
Hand gear
Hassenfratz
Heat, specific
latent
capacity for
expansion by
Hemp, friction of
packing
Henderson, Capt. Andrew, of Calcutta
High pressure engine . 13, 27, 41, 152
construction of . 174
Hopper . _. . .133
Hornblower, Jonathan 28, 29,148,153,186,199
’s rotary engine . . 30
’s valve
370, 371
224, 226, 227
107
21, 47, 49
21, 48, 49
21, 48
ibid
214
216
473
Horse power
Hot well
Hulls, Jonathan
Hull’s method of converting a reciprocating
motion into a rotary one . . 14, 15
Humphrys, F., Dartford, (Plates 51, 52,
53, 54, 55 A, 55 B, 56 A, 56 B) 382, 390
Humphreys, J. B.
Hydrogen, effect of, in fuel .
Inclined planes
Indicator
by Joseph Glynn
diagrams .
calculating the power of an engine
by the indicator cards . . 387
Injection . . 9, 146, 147, 187
regulating by . . 23, 189
temperature in atmospheric engines 98, 99
water, quantity of
Inspection of engines
Irrigation
Irvine, Dr.
Ivory, James
Jacket, steam
air-tight
Jackson, Dr.
Jessop’s piston
Jet for condensing
Joining pipes
Joufiroy, Marquis de
Kier’s engine, effect of
Kingston’s valves .