All About Engines

Index Blades, turbine, 150 et seq., 160 et seq., 166 et seq. " Blast,” locomotive, 265 et seq. Blériot, Henri, 225 Block, Mitchell thrust, the, 303 “Blow-off” cock, 80 Boilers, 57, 58 ; Bonecourt, 335 ; bursting, 80; cleaning, 80; coni- cal, 262 ; Cornish, 63 ; donkey, 283; double-ended, 283; dry back, 62 ; Lancashire, 63, 65, 99 ; locomotive, 66, 261 ; making, 72 ; manhole of, 60 ; marine, 70 ; pres- sure in, 58, 95 ; safety provisions, 3, 79 et seq. ; steam engine boiler, 1 et seq.; single-ended, 283 ; Stirling, 73 ; strains in, 80 ; thickness, 59 , three-drum, 78 ; vertical, 2, 71; wagon, 61 ; water tubes, 73 et seq. ; Yarrow, 78, 99 Bonecourt boiler, the, 335 Boulton, M., 42, 47 Brake, horse-power, 320; hydraulic, 324 ; Prony, 322 ; rope, 322 Branco, engine of, 26, 64, 148, 150 Bristol, 302 British Thermal Unit, 310 Bunsen burner, 334 Bushes, concentric, 172 “ By-pass,” the, 269 C Cam, the, 186, 233 ; shaft, 210 Carbon dioxide, 193 ; monoxide, 193 Carburettor, the, 208 et seq., 213 ; wick, 219 “ Caulking,” 271 Cellulose, 340 345 A Absorption dynamometers, 323, 324, 325 Ader, M., 224 Aeroplane engines, 224, 225, 228, 229, 320 Air pump, 41, 43, 137 et seq., 285 ; dry, 286; for turbines, 180 et seq.; wet, 286 Alarm, water, for Diesel engine, 242 Alcohol for fuel, 214, 340 Angle of advance, 14 Anthracite, 196 Anzani engine, 225 Aqititania, the, 297, 306 Argyll engine, 213 Articulated locomotives, 271 Asbestos covering of boilers, 72 Ash expeller, the 297 Atmospheric engine, 31 ; pressure, 26 Austro-Daimler engine, the, 228, 229 B "Back-fire,” 21 i Back-pressure turbines, 175 et seq. Balance, no, 115 Barometer, 26 Beardmore engine, the, 229 Bed, engine, m Bell-crank lever, 129 Beiliss and Morcom engine, 135 Bell’s Comet, 274 Belpaire firebox, 68, 263 Benzene fuel, 214 Benzol fuel, 214 Bituminous coal, 197