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INDEX.
Latent heat, measure of
Lavoisier
Leslie, Professor
Leupold
Limit of steam power
Links
Living forces, principle of
Lloyd’s piston
Locomotive engine, parts of .
— blast pipe .
— — blow off cocks
PAGE
49
107, 108, 207
42, 117, 256
. 13, 211
156
231
App. 183
334
407
415
422
boiler and manner of ge
nerating steam . . 409
brake . . 467
coke . . 467
connecting rods . 425
cranked axle . 437
cross heads and guides 434
cylinders and manner of
using steam . . .423
cylinders and piston 427
damper . .417
eccentrics . .442
— action of . 443
external fire box . 409
feed pumps 418, 451
fire and heating power 422
gauges . . 419
inside frames . 463
internal fire box . 410
lead plug . . 420
manhole . .421
mud holes
ibid
oil cup . .449
outside framing . 459
pet cock . . 418
piston . . 430
regulator . . 425
reversing gear . 444
safety valve . 420
lock-up . 421
slide valves . . 427
form of . 428
gear of . 443
smoke box . . 415
doors . 418
Locomotive engine, splashers .
steam chest
pipe
area of
tank
tender
wheels for
PAGE
463
427
423
424
467
466
ibid
tubes
wheels, framing, &c. .
working of piston and slides
practical rules for App.
412
454
447
226
M.
Macneill’s experiments on canals
App. 200
Manufacture, engines for
281
—* iron
. ibid
cotton
282
paper .
. ibid
Maudslay
32, 163, 212
’s four-way cock, {Plate 8)
335, 336
and Field’s experiments on
marine
boilers
. App. 2
and Co.
272, 316
Maximum of useful effect
. 33, 163
equalized by a fly .
163
Medea, H. M. steam ship, memoir of App. 80
power of engines
. — 82
rigging and internal fitting
. — 83
dimensions of
. — 84
engines of
. — 85
Mediterranean, daily evaporation of
. — 1
Mercurial gauge
142, 266
safety gauge
142
Metallic piston
34, 35, 218
Metallic packing for rods
223
Miller, Patrick
31
Millington, John
119, 120, 208
Mines, engines for
178, 189, 275
depth of
276
Morgan, W. App. 41, 42, 43, 48, 52, 53, 55, 56,
61, 71, 83, 87, 88, 118, 156, 157, 158, 159,
.
160, 162
Morland, Sir Samuel
4
’s table of force of vapour
. ibid
Mornay, A. A., on paddle wheels
App. 117
