The American Marine Engineer, Theoretical and Practical; With Examples of the Latest and Most Approved American Practice. for the Use of Marine Engineers and Students - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891. Excerpt: ... Thermometer, description of the, 322, 323. Three-cylinder taudem, 71. Throttle valves of the U. S. S. Philadelphia, 368. Throw of the eccentrics, 130. Thrust-blocks and bearings of the U. S. S. Philadel-phia, 382, 383. Thrust-blocks, plans of, 177-180. Thumpers, constitutional, 315, 316. Thumping and heating of the engine, finding the cause of, 3I2-3'5-Torpedo boats, heating sur-face in the locomotive boiler of, 266, 267. Travel and lap of valve, how to find the, 122, 123. Triple-expansion and com-pound engines, tables of comparative results from steamers with, 77, 78. Triple-expansion engine, cyl-inder ratios of a, 64, 65. Triple-expansion engine, ex-periments with a, 55-60. Tnple-expansion engine, low pressure cylinders in a, 66, 67. Triple-expansion engine, se-quence of cranks in a, 69, 70. Triple-expansion engine, to find the horse-power of, 100-102. Triple-expansion engine, use of piston valves in a, 66. Triple-expansion engines, conversion of compound engines into, 71. Triple-expansion engines, cylinder ratios of, 83-91. Triple-expansion engines of the Dunottar Castle, 411, 412. Triple-expansion engines of the ocean tug Triton, 398, 399. Triple expansion engines of the S. S. Columbia, 12,000 I. H. P., 405-407. Triple-expansion engines, po-sition of cylinders in, 61, 62. Triple-expansion engines, practical results derived from, 75-81. Triple-expansion engines, ta-ble showing cylinder ratios of, for variations in the boiler pressure, 89-91. Triple-expansion marine en-g1ne, operation of the steam in the, 26-28. Triple-expansion marine en-gine, working drawings of a modern American, 25, 26. Triple-expansion marine en-g1nes, 61-82. Tr1ple expansion screw en-gines and boilers of the U. S. S. Philadelphia designed and built by the Wm.Cramp and Sons Ship an...