=ERECTING.=
=Spirit-level= 136
=Plumb-level= 136
=Joints= 136 to 141
Filing or making joints 137
Ground joints 137
Scraped joints 137
Cylinder covered joints 137
Making a scraped joint with the studs in their places 138
Joints for rough surfaces 138
Gauze wire joints 138
Water joints 138
Joints to withstand great heat 138
Rubber joints 139
Boiler fitting joints 139
Easily removable joints 140
Rust or caulked joints; caulking tools 141
Thimble joints 141
Expansion joint 141
=Pipes, Cocks and Plugs= 141 to 145
Pipe cutters 141
Pipe vises 141
Pipe tongs 143
Erecting pipe work 144
Refitting leaky cocks and plugs 144
Grinding cocks and-plugs 145
=Boxes and Brasses= 145 to 149
Fitting brasses to their journals 145
Various forms of bearings and brasses or boxes 147
Locomotive axle boxes 148
Lead lined brasses 148
Open brasses 149
=Lubrication= 149 to 154
Examples of oil cavities and oil grooves for brasses 150
Qualities of lubricants 151
Testing lubricants 151
Best method of using thin oils 152
The influence of the atmosphere on oils 153
Longevity of lubricants 153
Testing oils for salts and acids 153
Swiss watchmakers' oil tests 153
The blotting paper oil test 154
=Friction and Wear= 154
Morin's experiments on 154
Order of the value of metals to resist wear 154
White metal or babbitt metal lined boxes 155
Methods of babbitting boxes 156
The pressure on journals 156
=Cranks= 156
Placing at right angles 156, 157
=Engine Cylinders= 158 to 161
Fitting 158
Setting 159
Reboring cylinders in their places 160
Scraping out cylinder ends 161