Steam for the Million : A Popular Treatise on Steam and Its Application to the Useful Arts Especially to Navigation

by Ward, J. H.

• ISBN13: 9781589630475
• ISBN10: 1589630475
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
Source of power	p. 9
Nature of steam	p. 11
Evaporation and condensation	p. 11
Ebullition, and formation of steam	p. 13
The atmosphere the unit of pressure	p. 15
Methods of determining pressures	p. 16
Foaming, the cause and remedy	p. 20
Reduction of temperature without a reduction of pressure	p. 21
Effect of ebullition on water level	p. 22
Preservation of water level	p. 23
Maintaining the circulation	p. 24
Saturated and surcharged or superheated steam	p. 25
Blowing sediment, or saturated water	p. 26
Volume of steam--computing evaporation	p. 29
Theory of latent and sensible caloric, as applied to steam. Specific Heat	p. 35
Construction of boilers--fire surface and flues	p. 36
Flue boilers	p. 39
Tubular boilers	p. 40
Martin's vertical water tube boiler	p. 40
Water room and steam room	p. 42
Strength of boilers and metal of which they are made	p. 44
Combustion	p. 46
Draft	p. 47
Blast	p. 47
Fuel	p. 48
Smoke	p. 50
The steam engine	p. 52
Interior construction of the cylinder and condensing apparatus	p. 52
General description of the engine	p. 56
High and low pressure	p. 63
Surface condensation	p. 64
Heaters for feed water	p. 66
Expansive action of steam	p. 67
The high pressure engine	p. 73
Relative advantage of the high and low pressure engines	p. 73
Locomotive engines	p. 76
Calculated and indicated horse power	p. 77
Consumption of fuel and Marine Economy	p. 82
Raising steam and managing it and the engine	p. 86
Distillation	p. 90
Link Motion	p. 91
Construction of steamers	p. 94
Side wheels and screws	p. 100
Wheel shafts	p. 105
The screw shaft	p. 106
Coupling and lifting screws	p. 109
Elements of the screw	p. 112
Steerage	p. 116
Conclusion	p. 118
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