None
Paee Hkat, ofth£ Sun. Z93 " Proper Temperatures qf Enclosed Spaces 526 " Radiation of. 509-510, 1027 " Radiating or A bsorbent and Re- flecting Powers of Substances, and in Units of. 509-510 " Reduction of, by Surfaces 525 " Rbflbctiom of. 510-512 " Refrigerator, Surfase of. 512 " Relative Capacities of Various Bodies for 507 " Required to EvaporcUe i Lb. Wa- Ur Below 212.° fi'om Air at 32°. 512 " SaturcUed Vapors, Pressure of, under Various Temperatures 518 •^ ^'' Steam, Total of 705>707 '* Sbnsiblk 504, 507 ^ Sensible and Latent, Sum of, and Latent of Vaporization. 508 ' * Snow Line, or Perpetual Con- gelation 192 * Sfbgifig, To Ascertain, etc. 505-507 * " for Equal Volumes ofOas and Air, To ComptUe — 507 ' Temperature by AgitcUion 524 •* *^'of a Mixture of Like and Unlike Substances. 506 « " of Solidification of Several Gases 516 « " to which a Substance q^ a Given Length must be Sub- mitted or Reduced to Give it a Greater or Less Length or Volume by Expansion or Contraction 522-523 ** Transmission of, through Glass of Different Colors 511 •* " Quantities Transmittedfrom Water to Water through Metals and other Solid Bodies i Inch Thick, per Sq. Foot. 511 " " Units of, To Compute.... sii-512 " Underground. 519 " Unit. 504 " Units of in Fuels 927 " Vegetation, Limit of. 192 " Vi^ume of Water Evaporated in a Given Time, To Compute. .513 HBATiHO,iltr, Length of Pipe Required to Heat A ir in an Enclosed Space by Water 525 " by Steam, Illustration of. 527 " 6jr Hot-air Furnaces, Stoves, or or Open Fires 528-529 " by Hot Water 524, 1028 •' by Steam 527, 913, 1027 " Coal Consumed per Hour to Heat 100 Feet of Pipe. .527-528 " Length of Pipe Required to Heat Air by Steam at 5 Lbs. per Sq. Inch 527 " Temperature of Enclosed Spaces 526 " Ventilation of Buildings, Apartments, etc 5*4-525 Pafo Hkatino, Volume of Air by i Sq. Foot of Iron Surface 925 " " of Air Heated by Ra- diators, Fuel, Grate, and Heating Surfaces 528 * ' Warming Buildings, etc. 524-529 Hebrew and Egyptian Measures, etc. 53 Height Corresponding to Boiling- Points of Water. XXI , Pag* Hot-air Furnaces or Stovei. 538 ** Gas, and Steam Engines, Rel- ative Cost of. 909 Human and Animal Sustenance 203 Hydraulic Radius or Mean Depth. 552 " Cement 958 " *' or Turkish Plaster. 591 " Faint 872 " BjM^Elements andEfficien- cyof- 561,9171923 " " per Cent, of Volume of Water Expended^ To Compute. 917 Htdraulics, Elements of etc. 529-557 " CanaX Locks., and Times of Filling and Discharg- ing, To Com.p\Ue..sS3-SSS " " MisceU.IUustrations.ss(>-SS7 " Circular Bent or Angular., Circular or Cylindrical Curved Pipes, Valve €kUe.s or Slide Valves, Throttle, Clack or Trap Valve Cock, or Imperfect Contraction, Coefficients ofResistancc^^ssij " Circular Openings or Sluices^ Coefficients of 536 " Circular Sluices, etc 537 " Circular, Triangular, Trape- zoidal, Prismaiic Wedges, Sluices, Slits, etc 538 " Curvatures. Radii of 544 " Curves and Bends 545 " Cylindrical Ajutage 549 * * Deductions from Experiments on Discltarge, from Reser- voirs,Conduits,or Pipes. 529-531 ** Depth of Flow over a SHI tiuU will Discharge a Given Vol- ume, To Compute 534 ** Discharge from a Notch in Side of a Vessel. 541 " "from Conduits or Pipes, and Friction of. 530-531 <• ^^from Irregular - shaped Vessels, as a Pond, Lake, etc. , Time, FlmOy Fall, Velocity, and VoU ume Discharged. 542 •* "from Vessels not Receiv- ing any Supply ... 538-539 " "from Vessels of Commu- nication 541 *• " ofinPipesfor any Length and Head, etc.. and Elements of, To Com- pute 547-548 «* " of under Variable Press- ures, and Time, RisCy Fall, and Volume. 540 ** "of ufhen Form and Di- mensions of Vessel of JBfffiux are not Known 539 •* "or tiffiux for Various Openings and Aper- tures, and Relative Ve- locity under like Headt 53a (( (I Pag* Hydraulics, Distance of a Jet of Water, Projected from an Opening in Side of a Vessel, 549-550 Fall of a Canal or Conduit to Conduct and Discharge a Given Quantity of Water per Second, To Compute. 920 Flow and Velocity in Rivers, Canals, and Streams, and To Compute Ele- ments of 55«>-553 and Velocities at which Materials will Move 916 in Lined C/iannels. 551-552 of Water in Beds, Fall and Velocity of, as in Rivers, Canals, Streams, etc., and Coefficients of Friction of. 542-543 Flowing Water, Head of. Rectangular Notches or Ver- tical Apertures or Slits. 534 " Openings or Sluices or Horizontal Slits, and Discharge, To Compute. 535 " Weir, Volume of Diverge, To Compute 532-534 Relative Velocity of Efflux, through Different Apertures and under Like Heads. . . . 532 Reservoirs or Cisterns, Time of Filling and Emptying, To Compute 541 Short Tubes, Mouthpieces, and Cylindrical Prolongations or Ajutages,and Coefficients for Discharge of. 536-537 XXll INDEX. Page "BrDRAViAca^Sluice Weirs or Sluices. 535 " '" Impeded or Unim- peded Discharge of. ... 535-536 " Submerged or Drovmed Ori- fices and Weirs. 553 " Variable Motion of Water in Beds of Rivers or Streams. 543 «*. Velocity in Profile of a Navigable River, To Com- pute 551 " Velocity ofWater or of Fluids, Coefficients ofDisdiarge.sz^S'i^ ** Vena Contra^ta 529 " Vertical Height of a Stream Prcfjecied from Pipe of a Fire- Engine, To Compute. 549 " Volume of Water Flowing in a River, To Compute. 543 ** Weirs, Oatiging of. 922 " " or Kotches. 539 flVORODTNAMICS AND HYDROSTATICS, Elements of 610.558-580, 614 " " Appold's Wheel 580 " " Barker's MUl 577 " *' Boyden Turbine 574 ♦* " Breast Wheel, Proportion, Effect, and Power of. 569-570 " " Centrijugal I\imps....5j()-$So " " Current Wheel 570 " " FltUter or Saw-mill Wheel 571 " '* Fontaine Turbine 574 it i( Horizontal Wheels.... 572-577 «* ** Hydraulic Ram, Elements of and Operation.. 561-562 »* ** Hydrostatic Press 561, 901 «♦ « '^ Thickness of Metal... s6i ** * ♦< Motors, Effective Pow- er of Water 563 ** " Impact and Reaction Wheel. syS " " Impulse and Resistance of Fluids. 577-578 ** •* Inward - Flow Turbines, Description of. 575 ** " Jonval Turbine, Elements and.ResuUs 575 •' " Low-Pre.>sure Turbines. 575 ** " Memoranda on Water- Wheels 571-572 ** " Overshot Wheel, Elements, Power of, etc. 563-566 •* " " Power and Effect of , To Compute. 565-566 ** " Percussion of Fluids 579 « " IHpes.ElementsandWeight of etc.. To Compute. 560-561 •* " PonceleVs Wheel, Propor- tion and Power of. 567-568 ** " ^^ Turbine,Eleme7Us of. 574 " " Power of a FaXl of Water, To Compute 562 " " Pressure and Ce^itre of ^l%-e,Co u ii i^ofa Fluid upon Bottom of Vessel, Vertical, In- clined, Curved, or any Surface, and also on aSluice 559-5^ Pai^ Htdrodtnahios and Htdrostatios, " " Pressure of a Column of a Fluid per Sq. Inch. 560 " " Rankine Wheel 580 " " Ratio of Effect to Power of Several' Turbines. 577 " " Reaction Wheel 576 " " Swain Turbine 575-576 " " TangentiaJ, Wheel 576 " •' Tremoni Turbine 576 " " Turbineand Water Wheels, Comparison Between. 579 {( (( Turbines,Elements,Poioer, and Results... 5y2-5yy " " " High Pressure and Downward Flow. ICB, Strength of, etc 195, 012, 939, 943 " and Snow, Weight and Volume. . . 849 " Boais and Speed of. 896, 909 " Making and Refrigeration. g^2} 9^5-9^^ " Manufacture of. 943, 967 Impact and Reaction Wheel 576 " OR Collision 580-582 •' Velocities of Inelastic Bodies after. To Compute 581-582 Impenetrability 195 Inclined Plank, Motion on 619 *' Elements of. To Coinpute.ti$-6y> Incubation of Birds, Periods of. 192 India- Rubber, To Cut 877 Indicator, To Compute Pressure by. . 724 I X Kr.Ti A , Moment of a Revolving Body. 609 *' Moment of Approximately to A sextain 659 " " of a Solid Beam 819 ^^ of a Revolving Body, To Com- pute 6f$ INDEX. XXlll Ii^lector, Steam 736 *^ Stu of, To Compute 736 " Volume of WcUer required per IIP per Hour, To Compute 736 " " of Feed Water required per IH* per Hour 736 Ink, Chinese or India. 907 " Stains, To Remove 035 Inks, Indelible, etc 875 Insects and Birds 196 Inspirator, Hancock's 901 Integration. 24-25 biTKRBST, Simple and Compound. 107-109 IirvKNTiONS, Origin and Period of Great 937 Involute, To Describe 329 Ikyolutiok. 96 Iron, Elements of, etc. 637-640 (See Wrought-iron, 130-136, 6391-640, 765, 768, 773, 780, 785-786. ) " and Steel, Corrosion of. 908 " Bolts in Wood, Tenacity of. 198 ** Bridges, and Iron Pipe Bridge .. 1 78 " Mold, To Remove. 871 OR Stbbl, Corrosive Effects of SaU Water on 916 " Pig, Ton of. Requirement of Air. 445 *• Preservation fy. 955 " Rust, To Remove 935 Iron Steamer, First BuilJ 915 Irregular Body, Volume of, To Compute 870 IRRIOATIOM, Cost qf^ per Acre 952 J. Jarrah Wood 913 Jets d^Eau 550 Jewish Measures 53 Jonval Turbine 575 Jordan, Vafley of, and Dead Sea. . . . 934 Joules' Equivalent 504 Julian Calendar. 70 Jumping, Leaping, etc, by Men 439 K. Kbdoks and Anchors, Weight and Number of. Units to Determine .... 174 Kerosene Lamps, etc 872 Khorassar, or Turkish Mortar 592 Knot 27 Knotty Hitches, etc 9go Labor, Man and Horxe. 433-434, 436, 468 Lacqwsrs. 875 Laitance 593 Lake, Highest Elevation of. 968 Lakes, Areas of in Europe, Asia, and African, and DeiMis and Heights of OreaJt Northern of U. S. 181-182 lAinps, Candles, Fluids, and Ctas. 584 lAnd Measure 29 Larrying 598 Latbs, Dimensions, etc.. 603 LATirrDE, Length of etc 198 ** and Longitude of Principal Looationt and Otoerva<ioiu.76-8o Pag« Latititdb N. reached by Explorers. 931 Launching Vessels, Friction of 47 Lb AD, Sheet, Caxt or MiUed 640 '' Balls, Weight and Dimensions of' 50X " Encased Tin Pipe, Weight of. 151 " Given Sectional Area, Weight of. 136 " Measure 32 " Pipe, Resistance, Thickness, Weight, and Bursting Press- ure of. To Compute 831 " Pipes and Tin-lined, Weight of, per Foot and Thickness. 137, 150 " Plates, Weight of per Sq. Foot. 146 *• " Thickness of. 121 " Sheet,Weight qf. 151 " Shot, Number of Pellets in an Ounce 501 " AND Cast iron Balls, Weight and Volume of 153 *' Weight of. To Compute 155 Leap or Bissextile Year 70 Leaping, Jumping, etc 439-440 Leaves, Value of, etc 207, 481 Lee-w.'iy or Drift of a Vessel 910 Legal Tenders 38 Lknsesand Mirrors, £r2em«nteo/:67o-67 1 I^evel, Apparent, of Objects at or upon Surface of Land or Sea 56 Levelling, Geographic 55-57. >o35 " by Boiling - Point of Water, Table of, etc '"SS-S? ** Height o/Above or Below Level qf Sea, To Compute 55 Lbvbr, Elements of To Compute. 624-626 Lifting by Men 439 Light, Elements o/) etc 583-587 " Sun's Rays. 195 " Candles,Lamps, Fluids, and Gas 584 ^' Consumption and Comparative Intensity of of Candles 583 '* Decomposition of. 583 " Electric, Candle Poxoer of. 908 " Crox and Electric 198 " *' Consumption, Volume, and Flow of 585-587 " Intensity of wUh Equal Volumes of Gax from Different Burners 585 " Ta)SS of by Use of Glaxs Globes. 584 *' Penetralion of, in Water 915 " Refraetum, Mean Indices of.... 584 " Relative Intensity, Consumption, Illumination, and Cost of Va- riotu Modes of Illumination. 584 •' Services for Lamps 587 ** Standard of. o/Hay 203 Corrosive Effects of Salt-water on Steel and Iron 916, 971 CO-SKGANTS AND SECANTS 403-4I4 " ** To Compute, etc. 414 Cosines and Sines 390-402 " " To Compute, otc.401-402 Co-tangents and Tangents 415-426 "■ " To Compute, etc. 426 Cotton Factories 899 Couple, Constitution of. 614 Coupling or Sleeves of Shafts. 796 Coursing and Chasing 440 Ckang, Railroad. 962 *' Steam Dredgers, Elements of and Dredging 890-900 Cranes 179, 433, 455-457» 962 " Chains and Ropes for. 457 " DimensionsofPost,To Compute 456 ** Machinery and Proportion of. 457 " Post, Stress and Conditions of. 455 " Stress on Jib, Stay, or Strut, 455-457 Crank, Turning 433 Cream, Perceida^e of, in Milk 205 Creosoting, Effects of. 8' Crocodile, Power of. CR0PS,ifinera2 Constituents A bsorbed or Removed from an Acre of Soil. . 189 Cross-ties, Railroad, Duration of. . . 970 Croton Aqueduct 178, 939 Crusher, Ore and Stone Breaker.. . . 957 Crushing Strength 764-769, 1021 (iSVe Strength of Materials.) Cube Measurea 30-31 Cube Root, To Extract 97 ♦♦ AND Square Root of a Sum- ber consisting of Integers and Decimals, To Ascer- tain 301-302 •* ** of Decimals alone, To As- certain 302 •• ** of any Number over 1600, To Ascertain 301 •* ** or Square Root of Roots, Whole Xumbers and of Integers and Decimals, To Ascertain 97-98 ** ** of a Higher Number than is Contained in Table 301 "GuBBfi, Squares, and Roots 272-302 (iS'e« Squares, Cubes, arid Roots. ) (i «« To Compute and to As- certain, etc 300-302 Cucumber, Water in 207 Currency, To Convert U. S. to British 39 »^j ^ Current Wheel 570 " of Rivers 193 Curvature and Refraction of Earth. . 55 Curves, Caustic, or Lines 669 Cut Nails, Tacks, Spikes, etc 154 Cutters, Yaclits, Pilot Boats, Launches 895 Cycle, Dominical or Sunday Letter. . 70 '' Lunar or Golden Number. ... 71 " of the Sun, To Compute 70-71 Cycles and Chronological Eras 26 Cycloid, To Describe 228 Cyclones, Directum of. 675 Cyunders, Flues, and Tubes, Hollow 827 " Solid and /Hollow, of Various Metals. 8oy D. Dams, Embankments, and Walls {See EmlHznkments, etc.) 700-703 Day, Astronomical, Marine or Sea. .37, 70 '' Sutereal, Solar, and Civil 37, 70 Day^s Work 434 Dead Sea and Valley of the Jordan. . 934 Deals and Local Standards of. 62 Decimals 92-94 Deer Park, Copenhagen 179 Deflection {^e Strength of Mate- rials.) 770-781 Delta Metal 384, 913 Departures, Table of. 54 Depths, Sea 184 Derrick Guys 163 Desert of Sahara 936 Desiccation 513 Detrusive or Shearing Strength {SeeStrengtfi of Materials, 782-783. ) " and Transverse, Comparison of. 782 " Strength of Woods 782 " Wood, Surface of Resistance of. 782 Dew Point, and To Ascertain 68 Diamond Weight 32 Diamonds, Weight of. 193 Diet, Daily, of a Man 202, 207 " " (^an Esquimau 914 Differentiation, Integration,and Cal- culus .24-25 Digestion of Food, Time Required for 206-207 Discount or Rebate 109 Displacement of a Vessel 653 Distances, Steaming 86 " and Angles, Corresponding to Opening of a Rule of 2 Feet . 1 60 " between Cities of U. 8. 184 " " " East and West..  U. S. , and N. Y. and Ijondon 86 " Velocities and Acceleration of a Body. To Compute 921-922 " Geographic, and Measures 54 Distemper (Coloring) 593 Distillation 514 " of Fresti Water 955 INDE^t. XV P»ge DisHHers and EvaporalorSf Capaci- ties of. 950 Dog, Power of, Coursing and Charing, 438, 440 Domes and Towers^ Diameter and Heights of. 179-180, 932 Domestic RemediaLs 938 Dominical Letters and Epacts 73 *' or Sunday Letter 70 Dovetails, Tenacity of 948 ^DrainaOe or Lands by Pipes 691 Drains, Diameter and Grade of to Discharge JiainfaU 906 »* and Sewers, Velocity and Grade of 692 Draught, A rtifidal 745-746 " Natural 739-74o> 744 " Steam Jet and Blast, Com- parative Effects of and Result of Experiments roith 746 Drawing and Tracing Paper 29, 964 '* ■ or Pushing: 433 Drawings, Colors for 196, 913 " Dimenrions offer U.S. Patents 198 Dredger, Steam Uopper, and Ma- chines 899-<)oo Dredging, and Cost of 197 ' ' Machines and Crane 899 Drilling in Rock 445» 94° " inMetals 477 Drills, Mountings, etc 940 Drowning Persons, Treatment of. . . 187 Dry Measures 3o> 3^ DuAUN 503 Duodecimals 94 Dynamite and Celluhse 443-444 Dynamics 614, 616-620 " drcidar Motion 618 Decomposition of Force 620 Motion on an Inclined Plane 619 Uniform Motion 617-618 Work A ccumulated in Moving Bodies,andTo Compute 619 " By Pereusrive Force. .. . 620 Dynamo LeaJther Belts 960 E. (( it it it i( t< Earth, Diameters and Density. ,. 188, 198 and Rock Excavation and Embankment , 192 Area and Population of. 188 Boring and Heai of Mines. 955 Cmductivity ofTemperature in 914 Curvature and Refraction of. 55 Elements of Figure of 6* Influence of the Rotation of on Moving Bodies 94* Motion of 70 Weight of per Cube Yard 468 Weightsof 33 IC if u tt if ti t( l( Easter Day. , ...<.. 71 Eccleriastical Tear 70 Egg, Fowls\ Composition of. 207 Egyptian and Hebrew Measures 53 Elastic Fluids, Specific Gravity of. 215 Elasticity and Strength. 195, 614, 761-763 " Coefficient of 761 " Modulus of and To Compute 762-763 " Relative, of Materials 780 , Electric and Gas Light 198 " Dynamo Engine 954 Elevators, Powei- Required ... 959 Launch 900 Light, Candle Power of. 908 Fans, Motors, Power, Pumps. 959 Wires and Cables, Tele- graph, Telephone, and Light Wires and Cables ; 9^0 Electrical Engineering, Units in, Re- sistance and Expressions. gfij-g&S, 1033 Elementary Bodies, with their Sym- bols and Equivalents 190 Elephant, Power and Weight of. 918 Elevations by a Barometer 428-429 " and Heights of Various Places above the Sea 183,103s Ellipse, To Deserve and Construct, etc 226-227, 380 {See Conic Sections, 379-380.) Elliptic Arcs, Lengths up to a Semi- »» *' ellipse of. 263-266 « ' » To Ascertain Length of 266 Embankments, Walls, and D/MB,Ele- menis of. 700-703 [See also Revetment Walls, 694- 699, and Stability, 693-703.) *' Equilibrium, Stability and Moment, To Compute 701 " Form of a Pier, To Determine 700 '* High Masonry Dams 703 " Materials, Weight of a Cube Foot of. • 694 " Surcharged Revetments 699 " Various Elements, To Com- pute and Determine. .702-703 Endless Ropes 167 Engines and Machines, Elements and Cost of. 898-904 *' and Sugar-mills, Weights of. 908 Engravings, To Clean Soiled 875 Ensigns, Pennants, and Flags, U.S. 199 Epacts, and Dominical Letters 73 Equation op Payments 109 Equilibrium, ilngrk* of at which Va- Hous Substances will Repose 694 " Of Forces 616 Ericsson's Caloric 9^3 Esquimau, Daily Food of 914 tt ti tt tt Rarthwork ■ .' * .'.'!.'*.!" ^467-468 Establishment of the Port for Several ^Bulk 'of 'hock, etc. , Original Locations in Europe.. ._._ 85 tt Excavation Assuvied at t.. 468 yumber of Barrow and Horse- cart Loads and Shovelling, and Volume of, Transported per Day. Page MiNSURATioN OF ARIA8, eta, Any Figure of,ReiH)lution. .358, 376 " Arc and Chord, etc. ,ofa Circle, 343-345 " Area Bounded by a Curve. 342 " " of any Plane Figure... 359 " Capillary Tube 358 " C<uk Gfauging and UUaging, 377-378 " Chord of an Angle, To Compute 359 " Circle 342 * ' " Sector and Segment of. 346-347 " Circular Zone 349 " Cones 353-354i 363, 365 " Cubes and Parallelopipedon. 360 *' Cycloid. 352 " Cylinder. 350, 363 " " Sections 357 " Ellipsoid, Paraboloid, or Hy- perboloid of Revolution, , _ 357.375-376 " Onomon * 335 *' Helix [Screw) 354-355 *' Irregular Bodies 377 " " Figures 341.358 " ^wfc 353, 370 " Lune 352 " Parallelograms 335 " Plot Angles without a Pro- tractor 359 " Polygons. 338-341 " Polyhedrons. 362 " Prismoids 351, 361 " Prisma 350, 360 " Pyramids 354, 365-366 " Reduction of Ascending or De- scending Line to Horizontal Measurement. 359 ** Regular Bodies. .3^^.0-341, 362-364 " Rings, Circular and Cylin- drical 353, 368 *' Side of Greatest Square in a Circle 343 " Sj^iere 347-348, 367-368 " " Segment of 347 *' Spherical Sector. 370 ♦« " Triangle 387 " " Zone 368 " Spheroids or Ellipsoids, 348-349. 368-369 " Spindles 355, 370-374 •• Spirals 355 " To Plot Angles without a Pro- traction 359 " Trapezium 337-33° " Trapezoid / 338 " Triangles 335-337 (see Trigonometry y 385-389. ) " Ungulas 35 » -352. 366-367 *' Usefid Factors 343 " Volume of an Irregular Body. 870 ** Wedge 350, 361-362 " Zone, Spherical and Circular, 348-349 Mercurial Gauge. 910 Meta-Centre of Hull of a Vessel. .659, 919 Metal Products of U.S 910 Tufet Metals, AUoys and Compositions. 634-637 " Adulteraiion in^ To Discover. .. 210 " and Elements of. 637-644 " Comparative Quality of Various 821 " Lustre, Degrees of. 194 " Values of some Precious 938 " Various Weight of. 155 " Weight of. To Compute 131 " " by Pattern, To Compute 217 '■^ of a Given Sectional Area, Weight of. 149 MKTKR,and Ko/ue of. 27, 934 Meters, Water. 942 Metric Measures 27-33» 1013 " Fa/Hors 923 Milk, Nutritive Values and Constit- uejits of. XXVll Hoton, Experiments on, for Street Bailtoays. 915 MountaiDS, Volcanoes, and Passes, Heig'its of. 182-183 Mowing 433 '^ Machine 910 Mule, Load and Work of. 437, 918 Mural Efflorescence 593 N. Nails, Length and Number of. .153-154 *' cmd Spikes, Retentiveness of.... 159 " Composition Sheathing. '135 " Tacks, Spikes, etc 154 National Roaid, 178 Natural Formations and Construc- tions, Largest 936 '* Powers 198 Nautical Mkasurr 3° Natal Architecturi! 649-667 *' Angles of Course and Sails. 665 " BfMom, Side, and Immersed Surface of Hull 653 •* Centre of Gravity of Bottom Plating of a Vessel 638 «« " " Common of Hull, Ar- mament, Engines, etc, To Compute. 656 ** " *^ Depth of or Buoyancy below Meia- Centre, andApproximately.6s6-^57 " " ofEffoH, and Lateral Re- sistance, Relative Posi- tions of. 659 " Centres of Lateral Resistance and Effort, To Compute. 658-659 " Dead Flat 2a ** Displacement, and its Centre of Gravity, To Compute, 65^-655 ** " Approxim>cUely, and Coeffi- cients of. To Compute. 655 " *' Coefficients of 655,657 ** " Curve of. To Delineate, and Coefficients of. 657 " Elements of a Vessel, To Com- pute 653-660 ** " of Capacity and Speed of Several Types of Steam- ers of R.N 660 " " ofaSteamFrigcUe,Weight, Moments of, etc 656 ** Eameriments upon Forms of Vessels, Results of. 649 " Freeboard 666, 913 '* Heel and Steady Heel, An- gles of. To Compute. .664-665 *' Lee-way, Angle, Ardency and Slaaeness 666 " Length of Vessel 909 " Masts and Spars 667 " *' Location of. 664 ** Memoranda of Weights and Elements 667 •« Meta-Centre of Hull of a Ves- idjTo Compute. 6591919 Pug* Naval Arohitbcturb, MetaUing, Loss of Weight per Sq. Foot of on a Vessel's Bottom. 667 '* Moment of Inertia Approx- imately, To Ascertain. 659-660 <* Pitch of Screw Propeller and Slip of Side Wheels 662 " Plating Iron HuUs 667 " Proportion of Power Utilized in a Steam Vessel and Fric- tion of Engines 663 '* Resistance of Bottoms of Hulls. 662 • ' " of Air to a Vessel 666 " " to Wet Surface of IIulL 653 " Rudder Head 667 " Sailing Power and Careening Power of a Vessel 665 " " Ratio of Effective Area of Sails, etc., and of VesseVs Speed to Wind. 663 " Sails, Propulsion and Area of 663 " " Area and Trimming of. Page Non-conductors o/TfempcrcrfMr*, and Comparative Efficiency of. 933 NOTATIOX 25 Number of Direction 71 Numbers, Properties and Powers of. 98 " 4th and sth Powers of. 303, 304 *' 4<A, 5</i, and 6th Power ^ and 4<A and 5</i Root of, To Compute. 304 Nutritive Equivalents, Compu^ed/rom am/)unt of Nitrogen in Human Milk at I..... 205 O. Oats and Oat Straw, Value of com- pared to icx> Lbs. of Hay 203 Obelisks, Egypt and Nexo York 179 Objective Glasses, Diameter of the Principal 942 Observatories, LcUitude and Longi- tude 80 Ocean, Depth of 912 Oceans and Seas, Depths and Areas. 182 " Atlantic and Pacific. 937 Oflfal, Weight of, in a Beef and Sheep. 35 Oil, Yield of from Seeds 189, 939 " Cake and Vegetables, Nutritious Properties of Compared 204 " -Engine Launch 893 " Proportions of, in Air-dry Seeds. 203 " To Remove from Leather 878 »' Watchmakers^ 878 Oils, Petroleum, Schist, and Pine- wood 484 Old and New Style 37> 70 Omnibus, Weight, etc , 844 Onion, Proportion of Gluten, and Ra- tio of Flesh-formers 207 Opera-Glasses, Telescopes, etc. 671 '* -Houses 180, 936, 954 Operations, Miscellaneous 879-885 Optics, Elements, etc 668-671 " Critical and Visual Angles, Mi- racle and Caustic Curves or Lines. 4 669 " Elements of Mirrors and Lenses, To Compute 670 ** Focus and Focal Distance, etc.. 668 " Refraction, Index of and Indices of. To Compute 668-669 " Dimensions or Volume of an Image, To Compute 668 Ordnance, Energy of. 910 Ore and Stone Breaker .003, 951 Organic Substances, Analysis of by Weight 190 Orthography op Technical Words AND Terms 1042-1052 OSOILLATION AND PERCUSSION, Centres of 612-614 " *' Centre of in Bodies of Va- rious Figures 613 " " Centres of To Compute.(n2-6i4 *♦ " " of Experimentally, To Ascertain. 613 OvxBaHOT Whskl. 563 Oxford College. 179 Oxidation of Cast-iron Pipe^ To Retiit 927 P. Poci/Ec and Atlantic Oceans. ... . 937 Paint, Flexible for Canvas. 915 " for Window-Glass. 879 " Hydraulic 872 " To Clean and Remove 878 F8L\nt\ng, and Proportion of Colors for 66 " Iron Rods 956 Paper^ Blasting. 912 '^ Drawing, Tracing, Profile, Photo-printing, Cloths, etc 29, 964 Parabola, To Describe 229 Park, Deer 179 Parsnips, RaMo of Flesh-formers 207 Paste, Durable. 878 " Preservation of. 878 Passages of Steamboats 896 " Ice-boals 896 " Steamer and Sailing Vessels. 897 Passes, Mountains, and Volcanoes. . . 182 Pastils for Fumigaling 879 Pavement, AsphaU. 690, 944-945 * ' Block Stone. . . . .689-690, 944-945 " Comparative Merits of 945 " Granite 690 '' Macadam and Brick 944 " Miscellaneous Notes 690 *' Neufchatel. '. ... 945 " Rubble Stone 689 " Telfn-d. 688 " Voids in a Cube Yara of Stone 690 " Wood 689,690,944 Pavements, Roads, and Streets. . .686-690 Payments, Equation of. 109 Peat 482 Pendulum Measure 27 Pendulums, Elements of, etc 452-454 " Centre of Gravity of. 453-454 " Conical, Number of Revolu- tions of To Compute 454 " Lengths and Number of Vi^a- tions of To Compute. . . .453, 454 " Vibrations, Number and Time cf To Compute 454 Pennants, Ensigns, and Flags, U. S. . 199 Percussion and Oscillation, Centres of {see Oscillation and Per- cussion) 612-614 ' ' Caps, Number of, Correspond- ing to Birmingham Gattge. 502 Performances o/'ilf«n,£r(M»e5,etc.438-44o Perimeter of a Figure. 912 Permutations. 100 Perpetuities 112 Petroleum, Elastic Force of Vapor. . 707 " Evaporative Effects of. 910 Physical and Mechanical Elements, Construction and Results. 907 Pile Driving 433, 671-673. 902, 97a " Coefficient of Resistance of Earth 972 " Pneumatic 673, 972 " Resistance of Formations. ..... 673 INDEX. XXIX FtLi DRimro, Ringing J^ngine 972 " 8afs Load, To Compute 672 " Sheet Piling 672 " Sinking. 673 " Weight of Ram 972 PiLSS, Foundation 198, 781, 909 " Extreme Load a Pile wiU Bear 912 " Retaining WalU of Iron 196 PiuHo OF Shot and Shklls 65 PiUar at Delphi 179 Pillart or Columtu 936 PiDit, First in Use 915 Pipes, Dimensions, etc 747 " and Tubes, Weight of. 147-148 " Copper, Dimensions of. 150 ** Gas, Thickness of 123 « " Threads 160 " Lead, and Tin-lined^ Weight of. 137 " " Encased 151 »* «' Weight of. 150 " Metal, and Weight of. 147 ** of Cast-iron to Resist Oxidation. 927 " or Cylinders of Cast-iron. .132-133 " Riveted Iron and Copper, Weight of One Foot in Length 148 " Steam, Gas, and Water. 138 " Tin,Weightof. 151 " Thickness of. To Compute 560 »' Water, Standard of Cast-iron. 147 Pisfi. 593 Pivots, Friction of. 472 Planing, Cast-iron and Molding. .476-477 Plask Road& 688 Plants or Hills, in an Acre. 193 " Weather Foretelling. 185 Plaster, Turkish 591 Plastirino, MeoMiring of 197 ** Volumes Required, Materials and Labor for 100 Sq. Yards of. 604 Platb Binding, Iron 476 Platks and Bolts, U. S. Test of, etc 749-753 ** of Metals, by Gauge. 121 " Thickness of. To Compute. 751 " Wrought-iron Shell 750 Platino Iron Hulls 667 Ploughing. 433 PnUMATICa.— AXROMBTBT 673-676 {See also Aerometry.) PoiNTiNO in Masonry. 598 ^o\uovB,Antidotes and Tr€atment.iZs, 935 PoLBS AND Spars 62 Poncblst's Whkbl 567-568 ** Turbine 574 PoruuknON, and Area of Divisions and Countries. x88 *' Comparative Density of, and Number of Persons in a House in jHfferent Cities. 910 " of Principal Cities. 187 Position. 98-99 JPbtxuoUoML, Elements of 589 Potato, Anii • Scorbutic Power and Ratio of Flesh-formers 206-207 PowDBB, Smokeless. 952 " Forcite 966 ** GtmfPropartionMqftoShot,, 50a (I (( Pafc Power and Work, Metric 36 '* Motive. 910 " " of the World 935 '* Movers and Transmitters of.... 797 ^^ of a Quantity, Value of. 359 " Ordinary Distribution of, in a Propeller Steamer. 911 ' ' Required to Draw a Vessel up an Inclined Plane. 910 '* Thermometric and Mechanical Energy of 10 Grains of Va- rious Substances when Oxi- dised in Human Body 205 " To Stutain a Vehicle on an In- clined Road, To Compute.. 845-846 " Transmission, Elements of..... " Power, Weight it will Raise, and No.of Cords to Sustain Lower Block 632 Pump, Working.ofa 433 " Appold^s and Gwynne^s 570 " Steam,Elements and Capacities of 738 " Water, First in Use 932 Pumping 433 " Engines. . . 738, 902-903, 954, 963 Pumps, Direct Acting. 738 " Centrifugal. . sjg-sSo, 911, 917, 1031 " Circulating 749 '* Water and Vacuum. 932, 963 '* Worthington 738 Pushing or Drawing 433 Pyramids, Statues, etc. 178, 936 Quartermasters, Service Train of. , . 198 R. Race-Courses, English, Length of... 930 Rack and Pinion, Power of, 628 Radius Vector 449 Rail, Weight of. To Compute. 679 Railroad Crane 962 " Horse, First in Use 915 " Portable, and Hand-Cars... . . 908 Signals and Significations.... 954 tt ** Speed 969 " ^'' in England 93O} 951 II Tleit, Duration of. 968 INDBX. XXXI PfefpB BoAM,ete.f Difeftef 686 ' Bnglith 689 " Gf iters, Fillers j and Wheelers^ Proportion of, in Different Soils 688 '♦ Grade of. 686 " GranUe and Hoggin, 690 " Gravel or Earth 688 ** Macadamited 687-690 ** Metalling and Metalled. 690 " MisceUane&us Note* 6 " Plank. 6 " Besistance to Traction of a Stage Coach 848 ** .RuJbbU Stone 689 ^ Ruts and Stone-breaJcing. 687 ** Sweeping, Sprinkling, Watering^ Rolling, Washing, aaid Fas- cines 690 " Telford. 688 " Voids in a Cube Yard of Stone. 690 Roadway, Central Width of, in CiU. 917 " Constmction of. 687 Roadways, Relative Resistance to Traction 945 Rock, Weight and Volume of. 467 " AND EARTu,&BcavalionandEm' bankment cf 192 8 it ii ti .... 101. ... 46I ** and Bulk of, and Earthvoork ** Drilling. ,...* 940 " Weight of per Cube Yard 468 VUoVitkVi Calendar 71 " Indiction 71 " Long Measures 53 Roof Plates, Corrugated, Weight of. 131 Roops of RuHdings 179, 952 " Stress on. To Compute 952 '* Weights and Pressure on. .952, loao " Wooden 189 Root, of an Even Power Greater than Contained in Table 98 *• To Extract any whatever 97 Roots and Grains, Weights of. 34 ** Sqdarbs, axd Curbs 272-302 " 4<A, 5M, and 6thy To Compute. 302-304 Ropbb, Working Load 782 " akd Cablis, Measure of. 26 *' and Chains of Equal Strength,. 165 *^ aian Inclination, Stresi of...,, 166 *' Cablbs, Ghaivs, etc 161-175 " Circumference of Wire, etc., To Compute. 169 " " of, and of Hawser or Cable for a Given Strain of.,,, 171 ** Endless. 167 ** Hawsers and Cables 170-172 " *' Circumference of, To CompiUe 171 " *' Weight of To Compute 172 " Hemp and Wire, General Notes. 167 " ''and Wire, WeightamdStrengthofiyz »» ''Iron, and Steel 164 ** Iron, Wire, and U. S. Hemp .... 168 " Mining, Flat 165, 1029 ** Qf Corresponding Strength to ffemp^and of Hemp to Circum- StTtmot qf Wire Regfs 169 Pagf ROPBS, Stren, Ttmtion, and D^eHon of. To Compute 166 " Tarred Hemp and Wire,Circum- ftrence of 169 '* •' " and Destructive and Breakii g Strength of. 171 " Transmission of Poioer 167 " Units for Computing Safu Strain for New, Hawsers, and Cables, U. o. N. I7^'i7' VViRK, Elements of etc 161-173 '' and Equivalent Belt 167 *' Experiments on, U. S. N. Seas and Oeeam, Vep&it and Area of. 182 8£CANTS AND COSECANTS 403-414 " ^^ Degrees^ Minutes, etc. J of, To ComptUe 414 Sbeds, Number of, in a Bushel, and per S^. Foot per Acre.. 193, 938 ** Proporium of Oil in Air-dry. 203, 939 " Yield of Oil in Several. 189 Segments of a Cirolk, Area of. .267, 269 " '* Areaof, To Compu^«. 268-269 Sewage, Volume o/f etc 692, 1029 Sewers, CUtssification of. 691, 692 ** Drains. Diameter and Grade of 0 to Discharge RainfaU 906 ** Drainage of Lands by Pipes. 691 " Material per Lineal Foot of Egg- shaped, Dimensions of 692 " Minimum Velocity and Grade of 691 ** Sewer Pipes. 692 ** Surface, which will Discharge a Volume of an Inch and also of Two Inches per Hour, etc. 692 Shaft, Bearings for Propeller 473 Shafting ybr Lathes and Mills. .948, loio Shafts 778, 793, 794-797. 9*4 {See also Torsion, 790-797.) *' and Gudgeons. 790 " Deflection of Shajts 778-779 " Diameter and Journal of, Stress Uniformly along its Length, To Compute 571 •• JoumaZs or Bearings of, etc. 796 ** Loaded Transversely and Jour- nals of 914 Shbabino or Detrusive Strength. 7S2-JS2 " Experiments in Cast-iron,Steel, Treenails, and Wood 783 •* Power to Punch Iron, BrasSf or Copper, To Compute 782 ** JUsuUs of Experiments on, vrith a Punch 782 " •* " with Parallel Cutters, WroH-iron Bolts, Riveted Joints, and Various Materials 783 Sheathing and Brasiers* Sheets 155 ** " Copper..., 131 " Nails, FWpWo/. 135 StiMi-lrou,BlackandG€UvaniMed. 124, 129 ** Weightof. 129 Sheet Pilwg « 672 Shells and Shot, PUing of. 65 Shingles 63 Shoemaker's Measure. 27 Shot and Shells, Piling of. 65 " Chilled and Drop 906 ** No.^ Diameter, and Numbers of, 906 " Number ofPdlets in anOt. 501 Shrinkage of Castinga ai8 Shrouds, Hemp and Wire 173 Side Lights, Visibility of a VesseVs, 918 " WjiXJtiA,AreaofBladesand8lip 66a ** Friction of Engines. 66a Sidereal Day and TeaT' .•• 37 Pag* Sides of Squares, Equal in Area to a Circle 258-259 Signals, Night, U.S. N. 199 '^ Railroad, and Significations.. 954 Silt, in Mississippi River 910 Silver Sheet, Thickness of. 119 Simple Interest 107 Simpson's Rule, ^rra,' TV) Compute.. 342 " " Volume of an Irregular Body 870 Sines and Cosines 390-402 " Number of Degrees, Min- utes, etc. XXXlll Pige Speed of VeueU. ^71, zoto Spikxs, Ship, Boat, and Railroad. 1 52, 1 54 '* and Horseshoes 152 " and NaUs, JRetentiveness of..., 159 ** Chmeral Remarks 159-160 " Ship and Railway -970 " WroH-iron Nails and Tacks. 154 Spiral, 2b Describe 230 Spires, Towers^ Columns, etc 180, 932 Spirits, Strength of To Compute 67 Spirituous Liquors, Dilution per Centj 191 *' Dilution. To Reduce 191 " Proof of. 2i8. " Proportion of Alcohol .... 191 Springs, Deflection of 779 Spur Gear 911 Squarb and Cube RooT) Square or Cube, and when Number is an Odd Number 300-302 " of Decimals alone,To A scertain^yxi ** ^a Higher Number than con- tained in TaJfle, To Compute 301 •* of a Number consisting ^In- tegers and Decimals^ To As- certain 30X-302 •* Root, To Extract 97 " " or CuBK Roots of Roots, WhoU Numbers, and of Integers and Decimals, To AKertain. 97-98 " To Ascertain One that has Same Area <u a given Cirde 259 Squares, Cubes, and Square and Cube Roots 272-302 " Sides of Equal in Area to a Circle. 258-259 &r ABILITY, Elements, etc 693-703 ** Angles of Equilibrium of..,., 694 '* DynanUccU and Statical 651 " Earthwork^ Centre of Pressure of. 696 " Equilibrium and Stability, To Compute. 701 ** Mem4>randa 695-696 ** Moment of, and To Compute. 693, 701 *^ of a Body on a HorizonUU PUme or on an Indination, 694-695 ** of a Fixed or Floating Body. , 693 " qfHuU of a Vessel or Floating Body, To Determine 650 ** of Varying Models. 649 ** Statical and Dynamical, To Compute. 651 '* Weight of a Body, To Sustain a Oiven Thrust 693-694 Staging, Coach 440 Staining. Wood and Ivory. 876 Stains, To Remove. 878 Starcb, Proportion of in Vegetables. 205 Stars, Velocity of. 198 Statics 615-616 ** Composition and' Resolution of ForcM t 615 Pag* Statics, Equilibrium of Force 616 ** Inertia of a Revolving Body. ,. 616 " Spherical TriangUs 387 " Specific Heal 505-507 " '* of Air and Oases.. 505 Statues, Pyramids, etc. 178 Stay Bolts, Diameter^ Pitch, etc. ... 754 Steam, Elements of, etc.. 640-643, 704-727 '* and Air, Mixture of 737 *' Blowing of, Saluraled Water, Loss of Heat by, To Compute. 726-727 " '* Volume Blown off to that Evaporated, To Compute. ,. Page Strax Hfoting Co. of N. T. 904 •' " and 5oi7er». 013,957, 1025, 1027 ** IncruitoHon qf Scale or Sedi- ment, To Remove 726 ♦* Indicator, Mean Pressure by, To Compute. 724 " -Injector 736 '* Mean Pressure by Hyperbolic Logarithms, To Compute.. 7 12-7 13 " Mechanical Equivalent of....;. 705 " Notes of. 936, 954 *' Pipes and Casing. 5x5 ** Pipes, Gas^ etc., Dim^juions and Weights of. 138 •* Plant, Cost of Coal and Labor in Operation of 1000 "EP. 951 " Pressure in Ins. of Mercury.,. 706 •« " Weight of a Cube Foot, Pressure and Temperor ture. To Compute 705 ^ •• in a Cylinder, at any Point of Expansion, or at End of Stroke, To Compute,, 711 " Pressures, Mean, Final, Effective, Initial, or Total Average, To Compute 7x1 " Saline Matter, Proportion of in Sea-toater 727 *« ** Saturation in Boilers 726 •• Specific Gravity of. 704, 706 ** " of compared voith Air, 2b Compute 706 ** Surface Condensation, Experi- ments on 911 •* VelocUyof 704. 913*936 ** ** of into a Vacuum 704 '•' Volume of Cylinder for a Given Effect, etc 715 •• "of Water at any Given Temperature Mixed wUh it, to Raise or Reduce Mixture to any Required Temperature, To Compute 707 •• " of Water Evap&rated per Lb. of Coal, To Com- pwfe 725 •• ■ ** of Water in a Given Volume of and of a Cube Foot of To Compute 706 •• " of to Raise a Given Volume of Water to any Given Temperature. 706-707 •* Weight and Effect of, for other IVessures than 100 Lbs., Multi- pliers for 719 •* Wiredrawing of 7x8 ■^ Vaehls, Relative Velocities of from Elem,entt of their Con- struction, To Compute 928 ** GoMrouND Expansion, Elements of, etc 7>3, 720-724 ^ " Combined Ratio of and Final Pressure in ad Cylinder, To Attain 723 * '* ComparativeEfectinReoeiv- er oimI Woolf Engine 724 Stsax, CoMPOtnm Expansion, Wocl for One Stroke and a Q*ven Ratio of in ist Cylinder, To Compute 721-729 " " Effect for One Stroke and a Given Combined Actual Ratio of, To Compute. .783-724 ** " Eafpansian in a Comp^iund Engine, To Compute. 721 a {( ** From Receiver 720-724 " " Final Pressure 720-72X •* " Wodf Engine, Ratio of Ex- pansion, etc 722 *' Satubatbd, Total Heat and Ab- sorption of. *.. To Compute. 716-717 <• *'- Latent and Total Heat of To Compute 707 ** " Pressure, Tentperature, Vol- ume..and Density..., -/oS-jog ** " Properties of, of Maximum Density 717 " " Vapors, Pressure of 518 " SUPBRHEATBD, Energy and Effi- ciency of To Compute. 717-718 " ** Expansion, Effects with Equal Volumes and One Lb. of 100 Lbs. Pressure 718-719 Stkaxboat, Iron, First buiU. 915 Steamboats, Ritbb, and Engines. 892-893 ** Passages of 896 " Wood and River Side-wheels. 892,919 ** " Ferry, Passenger, Team,and Tow-Boats 890 " " Passenger and Deck Freight. 893 " " Stem-u^ieels 892-893 Stbam-bnoinb, Elements of etc. .727-760 *' and Sugar-Mill, Weights of... 908 ** -Boilers in Foreign Countries. 935 " and Boilers, Cost of Operating per Day of 10 Hours 904 " Circulating Pumps,Volumeof etc. , 749 " Condenser or Reservoir, Tem- perature of Water in, To Compute 707 " Dimentions of Cylinder, Grate, and Heating Surfaces, To Compute 927, 1024 " Distance of Piston from End of Stroke, when Lead pro- duces its Effect, and when Steam is AdmiUed for Re- turn Stroke. 732-733 *' Feed Pump, Area tyT, To Com- pute 736 " Fire, Elejnenis, etc 9.>4 " General Rules for 728-730 " H» of To Compute 733-734 " " AdmirtUty and French. . 734 " If^ection Pipe, Area of, To Compute. 735-73^ " Not^qf. 936,954 Pag* 9nA]|-BNOiini, PortdbUj Standard Operation of, and Elements of 737 *' Propeller Slip and Thrwty To Compute 730-731 •' Proportion of Partt, Condens- ing and yon-condensing. 727-729 " Beeeiver 721 " Resultt of BxperimetAs on Operatton of, 933 ** Hcreio, I'*riction oj 478 ** Steam- Irtfector and Volume of Water Discharged per Hour 736 '* " -Pumps, EUmefntB and Ca- pacities of. 738 " Vertical Beam, Jet Condens- ing, Weight of, To Compute. . 759 ** Volume of Water Jiequtred to be Evaporated in.. .734-735 " Volume of Circulating Water Required in 735 " Volume of Feed Water and In- jection Water Required per IP per Hour 736 " " of Flow through an Ii\jec- tionPipe.. 735 ** Water -wheeUs, Radial and Feathering, and Elements of. 730 ** SuDK Valves, To Compute and Ascertain Lap and Breadth of Ports 731 •• Distance cf Piston from End of Stroke given, To Compute Lead, eta 732-^33 *^ Lap and Lead of Locomotive valves 733 " Part qf Stroke any Given Lap. uHll Cut off. To ComvUle. ... 731 ** Stroke at which Exhausting Port is Closed, etc. .... 732 " •' of, To Compute. 732 ShrsAM-EvoiNBB, Results of Operation of' 737i 924. 933» 954 '' and Boilers, Weights of with Water 929 ** " RestUts of Performances of 9241927 *' Duty of and Relative Cost of for Equal Effects 757 " Practical Efficiency of. 737 " 8ide-wheds,PropMer and Ma- rine, Weights of. 758-759 " Weights of. 758-759. 9" SraAMVESBBL, Pofwer Utilised in... 662 *^ Resistance to, in A ir and Water 911 " -Pkopkllbr, Ordinary Distri- bution of Power in 9x1 " Vdociiyof. xozo Steamer "Great Eastern'* 173 SnuvKRs 478 " Iron, First Built 915 " Rflative Velocities of TachU, from Elements oj Cat^rwUion, and Large 928 RtOTiiitng Distances : 86 Steel 640^3^ 750^ 783, 787-788, 827 " and Iron, Corrosion of, 908 " and Iron, Corrosive Effects of Salt Water 916 " Ouns 913 " Hemp,Iron and Steel Wire Ropes, RekUive Dimensions of... 172 " *' and Iron Rope, Round and Flat and Safe Load. 164-166 " " Iron and Steel Wire Rope. 164 " Hexagonal, Octagonal, and Oval 135 '* Locomotive Tubes 138 " Manufacture of. Remarks on.... 642 *^ofa Oiven Section, Weight of.i^S, 149 ' ' Plates 750, 830 " " Thickness of. i2x ** ''Weight of ;.ii8-ii9, 146 *' and Iron, Rolled Bart^ arid Weight of. 125, ia6j 128, 134, i3«i " Wire, Weight of. 120-iaf Sterling, Pound, etc 38 Stings and Burns, Application for. 196 Stirling's Mixed Iron 785 Stirrups or Bridles, /or Beams 838 Stone and Ore Breakers and Crusher, 903) 957 *• Dressed, Modes of. 603 " Hauling 468 " Load per ^. Foot 915 " Masonry, Elements of. 595-600 '* '^ Ashlar and Rubble. .600-601 '' Resistance of, to Freezing 184 '' Satoing. 196, 904 •' *' and Dressing, Cost of..... 949 *' Voids in a Cube Yard of. 690 Stones, Cements, etc., Crtuhing of. 766 (See Crushing Strength, 764-769.) " Building, EsqMinsion and Con- traction of. 184 Straw and Hay, Weif^ of. 198 Streams, Rivers, and Canals, Flow of Water in 550 Street Rails oliTRAinrATS.435, 915, 918 *' Raiiaoabb, Experiments on Mo- tors, Result of 915 " " Cost of Maintenance 918 " Roads and Pavements 686-690 Strimoth of Materials, Elements of. i 761-841 '* Elasticity and Strength, Co- hesion and i{M<{ienc«. 761-763 *' Coefficient of. SlBKNGTB OV iffATKUALS, GRUSHINO, Elements of, etc 764-769 '• ** Bricies 908 *» " Casi ind WroH Iran, Woods and Various Metals 765 " " Columns of Iron and Steely Sa(f'e Load of and Coeffi- cients of To Compute. . . 769 <« <* Columns, Arches, Chords, etc , of Cast Iron, Safe Load of 766-767 * " '' Weight of To CompuU. ^(i() «« « Cylinders and Rectangular Tubes of WroH Iron 767 ** " Elastic Limit compared to 764 ** " Granite, Limestone, Marble, and Sandstone 767, 1039 ** " HoUow Columns or TuJbes, 8afk Load of. 768-769 " " lee 912 ** " Long Solid Columns, Com- parcUive Value of 976 " " Notes and Effects, Season- ing, etc 764 " *^ of Cements and Mortars. . . 596 ** " Relative Value of Woods, Strength and Stiffness Combined 976 ** *^ Sandstones,Stones,Cements, Masonry, etc 765-766 " " Various Materials 765-769 " Dbflbction, Elements of, etc.. 770-781 <^ " and Weight Borne by a Bar or Beam of WroH Iron. 773 ** " Bars, Beams, Girders, etc, 770-771 " ** Beams of Rectangular Sec- tion, Formulas far. 77 1-773 " " ^*and Comparative Strength of Flanged 778 M ** * » arid Girders. 840-841 " " " Elastic Strength of of Unsymmetrical Section 778 " " ''Flanged, and Weight of that may be Borne by One of Cast Iron. .777-778 u ti ii qf Cast and WroH-ir<m, and Woods. 772-774 «« (i (t Of, Qirders, Continuous. 772 ** ** Bearings, Admissible Dis- tances between 778 ** " Cast Iron Flanged Beams andCgmparcUiveStrength of ,809 *• •* General Deductions — 779-780 •• *' Girders, Tulndar, of WroH Iron 775, 809 " " Rails, Flanged, Iron and Steel 775-776 ** " Rectangular Beam of Iron and Woods, Load that may be Borne by 773 * •* " Bars and Beams of Cast Iron and Various Sec- UanStBio. 777 Pa^r Strbngth op Materials, Results of Experiments on Subjec- tion of Cast-iron Bars to Continued Strains 780 " " Riveted Beams of WroH Iron and Weight of. 774-775 '* ''Rolled Beams of WroH Iron 774 " " Shaft from iU Weight alone 778 " "Shafts and Distributed Weight for Limit 778 " " " MiU and Factory, and To Compute. ..:.... 779 ♦• " Springs, Carriage and In- dia-rubber 779 " " WorHng Strength or Fac- tors of Safety. 781-782 " Dbtrusivb OR Shearing, ^fe- menls of, etc 782-783 " " Comparisonbetween Trans- verse. 78a •' "Lengthof Surface of Wood to Horizontal Thrust. 789 " •* of Metals with a Fundi. 782 " •• of Riveted Joints, Cast Iron, Steel, Treenails, and Woods 783 " " of Rivets and Memoranda. 830 " " of Various Metals by Par- allel Cullers 783 " " of Woods 783 " " of WroH-iron 783 ♦• " " BoUs, Experiments on and by U. S. N. 783 " " Pov)er to Fundi Iron, Brass, or Copper, To Compute. 782 " Tbnsilb, Elements of etc. .784-790 " " Average Elasticity of Steel Bars and Plates 788 " " Cast Iron, StirUng's Mal- leable, and Wrought. xxxvii (( (( (( (( ct Page Stbbioth or Materials, Relative Besistcmce of WroH-iron and Copper to^ and Com- pression 787 " ToRSiONALjBfewiento 0/ etc 790-797 ** *' Shafts and Gudgeons. .790-792 «* " Cast Steel and Coefficients of. •.-. 795 " " Gvdgeons, Diameter of To Compote 79s " * » Hollow, Round,and Square Shafts and Cylinders^ To Compute. 792-794 ** ^^ Shafting, Coefficients for Ultimate Resistance of. . 797 " " Shafts of Oak or Pine, To Compute. 793-794 •* " " Couplings or Sleeves, and Supports for. . , . 796 u «4 tt Diameter of to Resist Lateral Stress, To Compute 791-792 " ^^ and Journal, of for a Water-wheel. ... 571 " ^^ofa WroH Iron Cen- tre Shaft 794 " " " of to Resist Torsion and Weight. ...... 792 u «( it Hollow, Diameter of to Sustain its Load, etc. 792 «* «* " Journals of, etc 796 " " " MM and Factory, For- mtUoJsfar 797 <( ci 4t 0^ \ifrroH Iron for Ma- rine En{fines, For- midas for Diameter. 796 «i i« »* Round and Square, Ul- timate Strength of To Compute 795 «* " " toResistLateralStressofjgy « ^* of Various Metals, Woods, andTohin Bronze, 793-794» 9^9 " Transverse, Elem^ents of, etc. , 798-841 " " Coefficient or Factor of Safety of Materials 802 ** " Bar or Beam,Fixed or Sup- ported, hears Weights at Unequal Distances. 803 »* " Bars of Steel, To Compute, 817, 827 " ii u HoUowGirdersor Tubes, Comparative Value of. . 824-825 «• " Beam or Girder of any Sec- tion or Material, For- mulas for. 817-818 u u <t Qf. Shaft, Rectangular, Diagonal, etc., For- mulas for 817 " »* Beams of Various Woods. Safe Statical Load of ana Corffidentsfor. 834-835 •• " B(^tom Plate Area and De- structive Weight of 810 <* " BowstringGirder, Diameter cf Tie-rodj To Compute. . 812 Strength of Materials, Cast Iron Beams or Girders of Va- rious Figures, To Com- pute 81^-821 « <c Uf,f yarious Figures of 798, 800, 813-817 " " Centres of Gravity and of Crushing and Tensile Strength of a Girder or Beam, To Compute 819 •• *' Concretes, Cements, etc. . . . 800 " " Cylinders, Flues, and Tubes, Elements ofwiUUn Elas- ticity, To Compute... 827-828 " " Cylindrical and Elliptical Beams or Tul)es of WroH Iron 810 *' " Diameter of a Cylinder to Support a Given Weight, 804-805 " " Depth of Beam to Support a Uniform Load 808 " " Elastic of WroH Iron Bars. 808 " ^^ Elliptical-sided Beams,Side or Curve, To Determine. . 826 " *♦ Equilateral Triangle or T Beam, To Compute 804 " " Flanged Beams of Cast Iron, Comparative Strength and Deflection of.... 809 " " *' Dimensions and Pro- portions of. 809 " »' •' Hollow or Annidar Beams of Symmetri- cal Section. 815 ♦' " Floor Beams, Girders, etc., of Wood, Capacity and- El- em,ents of, To Compute.S^S-B^S " FormiUa^andRtdes for Rec- tangular Bars, Beams, or Cylinders. 801-803 " '^for Destructive Weight of Solid Beams ofUn- symmetrical Section, 816-819 " " General Deductions from Experiments 824-825 *' " GirderorCylindricalShaft, Lower Flange of, Sec- tion to Sustain a Safe Load in its Middle, To Compute 817 " " " Beam, etc., Factors of Safety 821 *' Dimensions of and Load on, To Compute. . .839-840 " Graphic Delineation of Stress 840 •* " Girders and Beams of Va- rious Figures and Sections, Symmetrical and Unsymmetrical, JromExperiments.Si^-%ij «« «« "Beams, Lintels, etc., Elements of 822-823 " *« " or Beams of Unsym- metrical Section. .8xo-9mi t( u C( i( II il xxxvui INDBX. 