THIS book of instruction on boiler-room practice will be of great help
to firemen, engineers and all others who wish to learn about this
important branch of Steam Engineering.
It treats on materials, coals, wood, coke, and oil and gas, fuels,
etc., their composition, properties, combustive value, also on
combustion and evaporation.
Giving the practical rules to be observed in firing with various fuels,
management of steam boilers, prevention of foaming; tools and fire
irons; covering stationary, marine and locomotive boilers.
It enumerates sixty important points of cautions to be observed in the
proper management of boilers.
It contains a description of and full treatise on stationary, marine
and locomotive boilers, and the historical development of boilers;
specifications for boilers; riveting; bracing; rules for finding
pressure or strain on bolts.
It gives inspectors rules relating to braces in steam boilers. Also
rules and tables for calculating areas and steam and water space of
boilers.
It treats on boiler tubes, construction and drawing of boiler sections;
defects and necessary repairs; inspection of steam boilers; mechanical
stokers’ corrosion and scale, boiler compounds, feed water heaters,
injectors, pumps, boiler settings; pipes and piping; steam heating,
chemistry of the furnace; boiler making; plumbing, and hundreds of
other useful subjects.
It states several plain rules for the calculation of safety valve
problems and those sanctioned by the U. S. inspectors.
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MAXIMS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE BOILER ROOM
N. HAWKINS ME
AUDEL & CO.
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The volume has 330 pages and 185 illustrations and diagrams. It is 6
× 8-1/2 in. in size and weighs 28 ounces. The binding is uniform with
that of the “Calculations” and “Catechism of the Steam Engine,” being
bound in heavy green cloth, with ornamental titles and edges in gold.
PRICE, $2, Postpaid.