A Catechism of the Steam Engine

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Author

Bourne, John, C. E.

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Produced by Robert Connal and PG Distributed Proofreaders from images generously provided by the Digital & Multimedia Center, Michigan State University Libraries.

Language

English

LoC Class

TJ: Technology: Mechanical engineering and machinery

Subject

Steam-engines

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Text

eBook-No.

10998

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10998

Release Date

February 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A CATECHISM OF THE STEAM ENGINE
2. 2.PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MANUFACTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF ENGINES OF EVERY CLASS. — BY — JOHN BOURNE, C.E. — PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION. — PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION. — PUBLISHERS' NOTICE. — CONTENTS.
3. 3.MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES OF THE STEAM ENGINE. — CLASSIFICATION OF ENGINES. — NATURE AND USES OF A VACUUM. — VELOCITY OF FALLING BODIES AND MOMENTUM OF MOVING BODIES. — CENTRAL FORCES. — CENTRES OF GRAVITY, GYRATION, AND OSCILLATION. — THE PENDULUM AND GOVERNOR. — THE MECHANICAL POWERS. — FRICTION. — STRENGTH OF MATERIALS AND STRAINS SUBSISTING IN MACHINES.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. — GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE STEAM ENGINE. — THE BOILER. — THE ENGINE. — THE MARINE ENGINE. — SCREW ENGINES. — THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. — HEAT, COMBUSTION, AND STEAM. — HEAT. — COMBUSTION. — STEAM.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. — EXPANSION OF STEAM AND ACTION OF THE VALVES.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. — MODES OF ESTIMATING THE POWER AND PERFORMANCE OF ENGINES AND BOILERS. — HORSES POWER. — DUTY OF ENGINES AND BOILERS. — THE INDICATOR. — DYNAMOMETER, GAUGES, AND CATARACT.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. — PROPORTIONS OF BOILERS. — HEATING AND FIRE GRATE SURFACE. — CALORIMETER AND VENT. — EVAPORATIVE POWER OF BOILERS. — MODERN MARINE AND LOCOMOTIVE BOILERS. — THE BLAST IN LOCOMOTIVES. — BOILER CHIMNEYS. — STEAM ROOM AND PRIMING. — STRENGTH OF BOILERS. — BOILER EXPLOSIONS.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. — PROPORTIONS OF ENGINES. — STEAM PASSAGES. — AIR PUMP, CONDENSER, AND HOT AND COLD WATER PUMPS. — FLY WHEEL. — STRENGTHS OF LAND ENGINES. — STRENGTH OF MARINE AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. — CONSTRUCTIVE DETAILS OF BOILERS. — LAND AND MARINE BOILERS. — INCRUSTATION AND CORROSION OF BOILERS. — LOCOMOTIVE BOILERS.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. — CONSTRUCTIVE DETAILS OF ENGINES. — PUMPING ENGINES. — VARIOUS FORMS OF MARINE ENGINES. — CYLINDERS, PISTONS, AND VALVES, — AIR PUMP AND CONDENSER. — PUMPS, COCKS, AND PIPES. — DETAILS OF THE SCREW AND SCREW SHAFT. — DETAILS OF THE PADDLES AND PADDLE SHAFT. — THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. — STEAM NAVIGATION. — RESISTANCE OF VESSELS IN WATER. — EXPERIMENTS ON THE RESISTANCE OF VESSELS. — INFLUENCE OF THE SIZE OF VESSELS UPON THEIR SPEED. — STRUCTURE AND OPERATION OF PADDLE WHEELS. — CONFIGURATION AND ACTION OF THE SCREW. — COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES OF PADDLE AND SCREW VESSELS. — COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES OF DIFFERENT SCREWS. — PROPORTIONS OF SCREWS. — SCREW VESSELS WITH FULL AND AUXILIARY POWER. — SCREW AND PADDLES COMBINED.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. — EXAMPLES OF ENGINES. — OSCILLATING PADDLE ENGINES. — DIRECT ACTING SCREW ENGINE. — LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI — OF VARIOUS FORMS, APPLICATIONS, AND APPLIANCES OF THE STEAM ENGINE.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. — MANUFACTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF STEAM ENGINES. — CONSTRUCTION OF ENGINES. — ERECTION OF ENGINES. — MANAGEMENT OF MARINE BOILERS. — MANAGEMENT OF MARINE ENGINES. — MANAGEMENT OF LOCOMOTIVES.
16. 16.INDEX. — THE END.

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