Pumps and Hydraulics, Part 1 (of 2)Hawkins, N. (Nehemiah)
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Pumps and Hydraulics, Part 1 (of 2)
Hawkins, N. (Nehemiah)
Hydraulic machinery; Pumping machinery
=Turbine wheel=, setting of, in penstock, des. and ills., 134
=Turpentine oil=, specific gravity of, 96
=Tweddel=, design of the hydraulic accumulator, 172
=Two cylinder force pump=, 192
arranged with extension levers, 196
=Tympanum, The=, des. and ills., 55
=Undershot water wheel=, des. and ills., 122
=Underwriter fire pumps=, 344
list of attachments for, 345
area for suction valve for the, 373
test for acceptance of, 391
=Underwriter steam fire pump=, des. and ills., 343-398
=Union=, def., 33
=Unit of heat, English=, ills. and des., 384
=V packing, hydraulic=, ills. and des., 154
=Vacuum=, def., 33
and air chambers practically the reverse of each other, 221
for the underwriter pump, 381
ills. and des., 220
=Vacuum pumps, how classified=, 188
=Valve=, def., 33
air, def., and marking of, for the underwriter pump, 385
areas, size necessary for, 374
gate of the underwriter pump, how marked, 389
motion of duplex pump, 333, 334
of the Worthington duplex pump, 336
of hand pump, lower or suction, ills., 195
=Valve of Riedler belt-driven pump=, ills. and des., 238-240
=Valve port area= and valve outlet area, table of, for underwriter
pump, 374, 375
relief of the underwriter pump, 384
seats, bolts and springs should be of the best composition, metal,
etc., 218
=Valve setting of the Blakeslee steam pump=, 301
Buffalo single cylinder pump, 321
Burnham steam pump, 326
Cameron steam pump, 296
Davidson steam pump, 287-289
Dean Bros’ steam pump, 328
Deane steam pump, 319
Duplex steam pump, 338
Foster steam pump, 292-294
Guild and Garrison steam pump, 308
Hill steam pump, 306
Hooker steam pump with outside valve gear, 303
Knowles steam pump, 311
Dunn-Gordon steam pump, 290
Laidlaw, 292
Mason steam pump, 299
McGowan steam pump, 310
Moore steam pump, 315
National steam pump, 304
Smith-Vaile single steam pump, 330
Snow steam pump, 316
Weinman steam pump, 323
=Valve slam=, def., 374
=Valve springs=, guards and covers for the underwriter pump, 376
=Valve stems of the underwriter pump=, 379
=Valves, delivery=, of the underwriter pump, 376
hose, size for the underwriter pump, 383
pump, des. and ills., 309
=Valves, pump=, size and number of, for the underwriter pump, 373
reinforced pump, des. and ills., 215-216
small ones preferable, 213
steam slide of the underwriter fire pump, 360
=Valves, sticking of=, def., 377
the lift of valves, 214
=Vapors=, des., 73
=Vapor, when it becomes a gas=, 73
=Velocity of falling bodies=, valves to find, 89
fluids flowing from an orifice, 105, 106
streams, ills., 110
water in flumes and pipes, 138
in tail-race, Rule, 138
in water pressure engines, 145
=Ventres=, def., 106
=Vertical pumps=, why so called, 187
=Vinegar=, specific gravity of, 96
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