Guide posts on the engineer's journey, ill. by numerous engravings and containing many useful tables

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Pp^STSGyi% ENGINE^Ip'k j^pURNEY Gl^OiALT/ pAXyLA.CAil r:)it:|Ul.Ar*OtK>K ' • - '^' ^^ ENGINEER'S Journey. ILLUSTRATED BY NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS AMD CONTAINING MANY USEFUL TABLES EDITED BY GEO. B. N. TOWER, CONSULTING FORMERLY CHIEF BKGINBRR UNITED STATES INSTRUCTOR INENGINRER; NAVY; ENGINEERING AND CHANDLER SCIENTIFIC DARTMOUTHMECHANICS, DEPARTMENT, college; AND LATE UNITED STATES SUPERVISING INSPECTOR OF STEAM SECOND DISTRICT.VBSSF.LS, PUBLISHED BY AMERICAN STEAM BOILER CO. OF NEWINSURANCE YORK. 1889. List of Books and Suthors Consulted. PERMANENT WAY OF EUROPEAN RAILWAYS. ZERAH COLBURN AND A. L. HOLLEY. TREATISE ON STEAM BOILER INCRUSTATIONS. CHAS. T DAVIS. TREATISE ON STEAM BOILERS. ... T. WILSON, STEAM MAKING PROF. CHAS. A. SMITH. R. H. THURSTON.STEAM BOILER EXPLOSIONS. . PROF. POUR LA SURVEILLANCE DES CHAU-RAPPORT DE L'ASSOCIATION BRUSSELS.DIERES A VAPEUR. .... RESEARCHES IN STEAM ENGINEERING. B. F. U.S. N,ISHERWOOD, MARINE BOILERS N. P. BURGH. STEAM ENGINE PROF. RANKINE. "AMERICAN ENGINEER." CHICAGO, PREFACE is a reliableThiis largely conqpilatiori fron\ every source as it lA^ouldtreated,bearing Upon "t^ie subjects be to uiritealnqost ar\ inqpossibility ar\ entirely original It is as a\v'orK booKregarding ttienq. intended sinqply be carried a as itsth)at can in tl|e pocket for reference, tables to benot use,rqany practical can fail of sorne isand Vexatious.

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ENGINEER'S Journey.
ILLUSTRATED BY NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS
AMD CONTAINING MANY
USEFUL TABLES
EDITED BY
GEO. B. N. TOWER,
CONSULTING FORMERLY CHIEF BKGINBRR UNITED STATES INSTRUCTOR INENGINRER; NAVY;
ENGINEERING AND CHANDLER SCIENTIFIC DARTMOUTHMECHANICS, DEPARTMENT,
college; AND LATE UNITED STATES SUPERVISING INSPECTOR
OF STEAM SECOND DISTRICT.VBSSF.LS,
PUBLISHED BY
AMERICAN STEAM BOILER CO. OF NEWINSURANCE YORK.
1889.List of Books and Suthors Consulted.
PERMANENT WAY OF EUROPEAN RAILWAYS.
ZERAH COLBURN AND A. L. HOLLEY.
TREATISE ON STEAM BOILER INCRUSTATIONS. CHAS. T DAVIS.
TREATISE ON STEAM BOILERS. ... T. WILSON,
STEAM MAKING PROF. CHAS. A. SMITH.
R. H. THURSTON.STEAM BOILER EXPLOSIONS. . PROF.
POUR LA SURVEILLANCE DES CHAU-RAPPORT DE L'ASSOCIATION
BRUSSELS.DIERES A VAPEUR. ....
RESEARCHES IN STEAM ENGINEERING.
B. F. U.S. N,ISHERWOOD,
MARINE BOILERS N. P. BURGH.
STEAM ENGINE PROF. RANKINE.
"AMERICAN ENGINEER." CHICAGO,PREFACE
is a reliableThiis largely conqpilatiori fron\ every
source as it lA^ouldtreated,bearing Upon "t^ie subjects
be to uiritealnqost ar\ inqpossibility ar\ entirely original
It is as a\v'orK booKregarding ttienq. intended sinqply
be carried a as itsth)at can in tl|e pocket for reference,
tables to benot use,rqany practical can fail of sorne
isand Vexatious.t})e M^ant of tl^enq often
vari-In th|e cl^apter on fuels, sorne accounts of tl-|e
" " "
ous rqetliods of Using and natural"petroleUrq gas
are given, ^itl) illustrations of tl^e apparatus enqployed,
areit is believed tonew^l^icl) tl)e general public.
R list of tl^e booKs and con-aUtl)ors rnore generally
sulted isand quoted frorn inserted.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Pages......•• 7)ilers,
•....lettiod of Boilers, 29Designing
•
. .(or a 33Boiler,Specification
•Construction of aMode of the Boiler, 37Superintending
of a ...... 38Boiler,Setting
•.'..-. 42Boiler Management,
....Fixtures and 47Boiler Appendages,
•Defects in ...... 57Boilers,
and ..... 59Explosion Ruptures,
•Fuel for . .... 63Boilers,
.....•• 9'Combustion,
. ig6
• • •
. . . •Incrustation,
. . . 114Corrosion,
. 116a Boiler in theand Shop,Method of BuildingLaying-out.....•• '25Miscellaneous,
........ 129Tables,ERRATA.
ofis a diflFerence regardingThere opinionI LastPa<-e ^— paragraph.^ of boilers. Someflue over the engi-the topmethod ofthe carrying
of thiswhile others plan.disapproveneers approve
" be omitted.shouldthird word, double,"Last line,15.—Page "
befirst words should wroughtline from bottom,--Seventh29.Page " " iron."not castiron," " thein Heater,"line from—Fourteenth bottom, paragraphPa„e tc;
heater" " exhaustshould read : "Onebe left out ;one shouldsecond
inand erectedto be place."provided
isas to whichis a matter offrom It opinionline top.Page ^8.-Eighth
is oftenerThewalls. straightor circular bridgethe bestf straight
preferred.
forSee errata 13.pageSixth39.— paragraph.Page rowaboveof one i»ch highestline from "height (i)p e top,54.-Sixth "" half to threetwo and one (3)be of (2>^)shouldof tubes height
row of tubes."aboveinches highest
" ofThere is a differenceDomes."Steam
Pace s=5.-Fourth paragraph, use.of theirdomes. Some approvesteam engineersregardingopinion "
isIfa buck staveshould read :nearline from end,Sixth top,58.—Page
broken."
"heat."should read"heated"line fromThird top,Page 91.— "
"is shouldthird word from eud,line from bottom,100 -EleventhPage
read "by."
read :should .118.—Page Example ,_= mches.X= .7854 28.2744.square6 X 6 ; 3636 (6 square^)
36
47124
23562
28.2744
:tests should readBoilerXPage 124.—^ platef r ,. /-u ., ,,^ ik»raftc fibre lbs.of the 45.oooLengthwise
in.of Iron lbs.Tensile Strain per sq. of theCrosswise 40,000^
tois from 70,000 pounds.steel boiler 50,000of plate strength
beshould 2>i.from 2*4'line bottom,Eleventh125.—Page
read : "To AscertainshouldthePage i28.-Third paragraph, caption ^e
divideFor safe bya Boiler. working pressurePressure ofBursting
cent."add 20is double rivetedIf the boiler perSIX.
willthe readererrors whicha number ofThere are typographical
ofwould not admit noting.butobserve, space