Steam Boilers: Their Defects, Management, and ConstructionC. Griffin & Company, Limited, 1903 - 157 Seiten |
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... matter of the first edition have been made where required . The Author begs to offer his sincere thanks for the favourable reception accorded to the first edition , and it is his earnest hope that the extensions made in this issue may ...
... matter of the first edition have been made where required . The Author begs to offer his sincere thanks for the favourable reception accorded to the first edition , and it is his earnest hope that the extensions made in this issue may ...
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... matters their closest attention . The whole history of boiler explosions points to the fact that there have been , and in all probability still are , many boilers at work , which , if examined by competent inspectors , would be found ...
... matters their closest attention . The whole history of boiler explosions points to the fact that there have been , and in all probability still are , many boilers at work , which , if examined by competent inspectors , would be found ...
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... matter of overloading safety - valves , and otherwise tampering with boilers in such a manner as to increase the ... matters are by no means uncommon , they being in many steam- using establishments the only individuals who can claim to ...
... matter of overloading safety - valves , and otherwise tampering with boilers in such a manner as to increase the ... matters are by no means uncommon , they being in many steam- using establishments the only individuals who can claim to ...
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... safe pressures , give instructions as to repairs , and generally to advise the steam user and attendant in all matters relating to the boilers under their charge . I. EXPLOSIONS CAUSED BY OVERHEATING OF PLATES . ( a 4 STEAM BOILERS .
... safe pressures , give instructions as to repairs , and generally to advise the steam user and attendant in all matters relating to the boilers under their charge . I. EXPLOSIONS CAUSED BY OVERHEATING OF PLATES . ( a 4 STEAM BOILERS .
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... matter in suspension and solution , the former consisting of mud or other surface impurities , and the latter of limey substances and minerals , through which the water flows . Surface impurities may be removed by filtration or by ...
... matter in suspension and solution , the former consisting of mud or other surface impurities , and the latter of limey substances and minerals , through which the water flows . Surface impurities may be removed by filtration or by ...
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arranged attached blow-off Board of Trade bottom BRYAN DONKIN bursting pressure Butt joints cause cent circular seams collapsing pressure construction corrosion cross tubes Crown 8vo crown plates cylindrical defects double rivetting end plates Engineer EXETER STREET explosions factor of safety feed-water fire firebox fitted flanged flue tubes fracture frequently front end furnace tubes fusible plug gauges grooving gusset Handsome Cloth heating iron J. J. THOMSON Lancashire boilers lap joints leakage length lever liable load Locomotive LONDON CHARLES GRIFFIN man-hole Marine material method obtained ordinary overheating pipe pitch plate section practice prevent PROF proportions render Revised rings rivet section rivetted joints rule rupture safety-valves sectional area shearing strength shell plates solid plate square inch steam users steel stop-valve straining STRAND strength Strength of Materials suitable surface tensile strength tested Text-Book THIRD EDITION uptake-tube valve vertical boilers water space weight welding whilst
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Seite 28 - II. Classification of Steel Ships. III. Considerations in making choice of Type of Vessel. — Framing of Ships. IV. Strains experienced by Ships. — Methods of Computing and Comparing Strengths of Ships. V. Construction of Ships. — Alternative Modes of Construction. — Types of Vessels. — Turret, Self Trimming, and Trunk Steamers, &c. — Rivets and Rivetting, Workmanship. VI. Pumping Arrangements. VII. Maintenance. — Prevention of Deterioration in the Hulls of Ships.— Cement, Paint, &c.—...
Seite 32 - Notwithstanding my many years' experience at sea, it has told me how much more there it to acquire." — (Letter to the Publishers from a Master Mariner). " I must express my thanks to you for the labour and care you have taken in 'PRACTICAL MECHANICS.' . . . IT is A LIFE'S EXPERIENCE. . . . What an amount we frequently see wasted by rigging purchases without reason and accidents to spars, &c., &c. ! 'PRACTICAL MECHANICS
Seite 42 - Illustrated. 8s. 6d. net. SANITARY ENGINEERING: A Practical Manual of Town Drainage and Sewage and Refuse Disposal, For Sanitary Authorities, Engineers, Inspectors, Architects, Contractors, and Students. BY FRANCIS WOOD, AMlNST.CE, FGS, Borough Engineer and Surveyor, Fulham ; late Borough Engineer, Bacup, Lanes.
Seite 31 - CONTENTS. INTRODUCTORY. — Instruments Used at Sea for Meteorological Purposes.— Meteorological Log-Books. — Atmospheric Pressure. — Air Temperatures. — Sea Temperatures. — "Winds.— Wind Force Scales.— History of the Law of Storms.— Hurricanes, Seasons, and •Storm Tracks. — Solution of the Cyclone Problem. — Ocean Currents. — Icebergs.— Synchronous Charts.— Dew, Mists, Fogs, and Haze.— Clouds.— Rain, Snow, and Hail.— Mirage, Rainbows, Coronas, Halos, and Meteors.—...
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Seite 33 - Price 6s. A MEDICAL AND SURGICAL HELP FOR SHIPMASTERS AND OFFICERS IN THE MERCHANT NAVY. BY WM. JOHNSON SMITH, FROS, Principal Medical Officer, Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. *»* The attention of all interested in our Merchant Navy is requested to this exceedingly...
Seite 31 - Chart— Mercator Sailing — Current Sailing — Position by Bearings— Great Circle Sailing — The Tides — Questions — Appendix : Compass Error — Numerous Useful Hints.
Seite 18 - By Defective and Overloaded Safety Valves — (3) By Corrosion, Internal or External— -(4) By Defective Design and Construction (Unsupported Flue Tubes ; Unstrengthened Manholes ; Defective Staying ; Strength of Rivetted Joints ; Factor of Safety)— II. CONSTRUCTION...
Seite 41 - There is no question that, given the PERFECT GROUNDING of the Student in his Science, the remainder comes afterwards to him in a manner much more simple and easily acquired. The work is AN EXAMPLE OP THE ADVANTAGES OF THE SYSTEMATIC TREATMENT of a Science over the fragmentary style so generally followed. BY A LONG WAY THE BEST of the small Manuals for Students.
Seite 32 - All but the simplest explanations have. therefore, been avoided, and ANSWERS to the Exercises are given. Any person may readily, by careful study. become master of their contents, and thus lay the foundation for a further mathematical course, if desired.