Young Engineer’s Guide

About this eBook

Author

Rohan, J. V.

Title

Young Engineer's Guide

Credits

deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

TJ: Technology: Mechanical engineering and machinery

Subject

Steam engineering

Category

Text

eBook-No.

66109

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66109

Release Date

August 22, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.YOUNG ENGINEER’S GUIDE.
2. 2.INDEX.
3. 3.INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.HINTS TO PURCHASERS.
6. 6.DUTIES OF ENGINEERS.
7. 7.Boilers. — HORIZONTAL TUBULAR BOILER. — LOCOMOTIVE BOILER. — RETURN FLUE BOILER. — VERTICAL BOILER. — WATER TUBE BOILER. — QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS, — CALKING FLUES. — CLEANING FLUES. — BLOWER. — EXHAUST NOZZLE. — FUSIBLE PLUG. — LOW WATER ALARM.
8. 8.STEAM ENGINES. — STEAM CYLINDER. — PISTON AND ROD. — STEAM CHEST. — VALVE. — CROSS-HEAD. — ENGINE FRAME. — CONNECTING ROD. — CRANK. — CRANK-PIN. — LINK REVERSE. — LINK. — REVERSE LEVER. — ECCENTRICS. — ECCENTRIC STRAP. — ECCENTRIC ROD. — WOOLF VALVE GEAR. — GOVERNOR. — AUTOMATIC OILER. — INJECTOR. — THROTTLE.
9. 9.STEAM PUMP. — MARSH STEAM PUMP. — HEATER. — EJECTOR. — JET PUMP. — STEAM GAUGE. — SAFETY VALVE. — GLASS WATER GAUGE. — BLOW OFF VALVE. — GAUGE COCK. — CYLINDER COCKS. — CHECK VALVE. — COMPRESSION GREASE CUP.
10. 10.TRACTION ENGINES. — GEARING. — DIFFERENTIAL GEAR. — FRICTION CLUTCH.
11. 11.QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS, — REVERSING AN ENGINE. — TESTING PISTON RINGS AND VALVES. — KNOCKS OR POUNDS. — TO REMEDY KNOCKS OR POUNDS OF A STEAM ENGINE. — HEATING OF JOURNALS. — PACKING PISTON AND VALVE RODS. — SETTING A PLAIN SLIDE VALVE. — SETTING SLIDE VALVE OF REVERSING ENGINES. — TO SET VALVES OF DUPLEX PUMP. — ASCENDING HILLS. — DESCENDING HILLS. — ENGINE STALLED. — CROSSING BRIDGES AND CULVERTS. — FOAMING. — PRIMING. — FIRING WITH WOOD. — FIRING WITH STRAW. — FIRING WITH COAL. — BANKING FIRES. — LAYING UP A TRACTION ENGINE. — BELTING.
12. 12.GENERAL INFORMATION.
13. 13.WORKSHOP RECIPES. — BABBITTING BOXES.
14. 14.COMPOUND ENGINES.
15. 15.EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS APPLYING FOR A LICENSE.
16. 16.RULES AND TABLES. — RULES FOR CALCULATING THE SPEED OF GEARS AND PULLEYS. — SHAFTS AND PULLEYS.
17. 17.TABLES. — ALLOYS. — CIRCUMFERENCE AND AREAS OF CIRCLES. — EFFECTIVE PRESSURE OF STEAM ON PISTON. — MEASURE OF LENGTH. — MEASURE OF VOLUME. — LIQUID MEASURE. — BARREL MEASURE IN WEIGHT. — WEIGHT OF CAST IRON BALLS.
18. 18.WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. — AVOIRDUPOIS OR COMMERCIAL WEIGHT. — SQUARE MEASURE. — TABLE OF DISTANCE. — SHRINKAGE OF CASTINGS. — WEIGHT OF ROUND AND SQUARE ROLLED IRON PER LINEAL FOOT. — TABLE OF THE CAPACITY OF CISTERNS IN GALLONS — MELTING POINT OF METALS, ETC. — WEIGHT OF METALS PER CUBIC FOOT. — HORSE-POWER LINE SHAFTING. — HALF-ROUND, OVAL AND HALF-OVAL IRON. — WEIGHT OF FLAT ROLLED IRON, PER FOOT. — HORSE-POWER BELTING.

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