Honorary Member National Association of Stationary Engineers, Editorial
Writer, Author of Hand Book of Calculations for Engineers and Firemen,
Etc., Etc.
Comprising Instructions and Suggestions on the Construction, Setting,
Control and Management of Various Forms of Steam Boilers; on the Theory
and Practical Operation of the Steam Pump; Steam Heating; Practical
Plumbing; also Rules for the Safety Valve, Strength of Boilers,
Capacity of Pumps, etc.
Theo. Audel & Co., Publishers,
63 Fifth Ave., Cor. 13th St.,
New York.
Copyrighted
1897—1898—1903
by
Theo, Audel & Co.
_PREFACE._
_The chief apology for the preparation and issue of these Maxims and
Instructions, for the use of Steam users, Engineers and Firemen, is the
more than kind reception of Calculations._
_But there are other reasons. There is the wholesome desire to benefit
the class, with whom, in one way and another, the author has been
associated nearly two score years._
_The plan followed in this work will be the same as that so generally
approved in Calculations; the completed volume will be a work of
reference and instruction upon those works set forth in the title page.
As a work of reference the work will be especially helpful through
combined Index and Definition Tables to be inserted at the close of the
book. By the use of these the meaning of every machine, material and
performance of the boiler room can be easily found and the “points” of
instruction made use of._
_This work being issued in parts, now in manuscript, and capable of
change or enlargement, the editor will be thankful for healthful
suggestions from his professional brethren, before it is put into
permanent book form._
[Illustration: OLIVER EVANS.