All About Engines

Index 349 Lodge, Sir Oliver, 188 Longitudinal stays, 59 Low pressure, 146, 281 Lubrication, 217, 219; 241 Lunette evaporator, 292 Lusitania, the, 293 forced, 135, M Magneto, 211 ; machine, 187 Mallet articulated locomotive, 271 Manchester Ship Canal, the, 245 Manholes in boilers, 60 Marine auxiliary machinery, 282 Marine boilers, 70; engines, 245 et seq., 277 et seq. Mauretania, the, 246, 277, 293 Mersey Docks and Harbour pumping, 245 Metallic packing, no, 145 Meyer’s expansion valve, 120 Mirrlees Diesel engine, 235 et seq. Mitchel thrust block, 303 Mixed-pressure turbines, 176 Momentum, 152 Mond, Dr. I,-, 194 Motion, Newton’s third law of, 152, 165 Motor, the (see Petrol motor) Motor-boats, engines for, 221 et seq. Motor-cars, engines for, 215, 320 Murdoch’s valve, 277 Mushroom valves, 186, 200, 212 N National gas engine, 190 Newcomen, Thomas, engine of, 30 et seq., 106, 137, 148 Newton’s third law of motion, 152, 252, 309 " Northumbrian,” the, 257 “ Novelty,” the, 256 Nozzles, turbine, 149 et seq., 161, 166 et seq. O Oil engines, 231 et seq., 319, 323, 337 Oil, fuel, 234, 272, 337 ; in boiler water, 81 ; shale, 338 ; tar, 272, 339 ; world’s production of, 337 Olympic, the, 276, 279, 302, 306 Oscillating cylinder, the, 277 Otto cycle, the, 200 Otto’s gas engine, 184 “ Outboard ” motors, 223 Over-heating, 244 P Packing, metallic, no, 145 ; rings, 121 Papin, Dennis, engine of, 27 et seq., 148, 183 Paraffin as fuel, 214, 221, 231 Parsons, Hon. C. A., 148, 164, 303 Parsons turbine, the, 164 et seq. (See also Turbines) “ Peak load,” the, 245 ° Perseverance,” the, 256 Petrol, 207, 208, 214, 248 ; engines, 337 et seq. Petrol motor, the, 206 et seq.; Argyll, 213 ; cam shaft, 210; carburettor, 208, 219, 221 ; crank case, 215, 219 ; cylinder, 218 ; Daimler, 213 ; Daracq, 213 ; electric spark, 211 ; fan, 218; fori aeroplanes, 224; boats, 215; cycles, 220; motor cars, 220; fuel, 244; Green, 213; Itala, 213; lubrication, 217, 219; oil trough, 217; piston, 210, 219; radiator, 210, 218 ; sparking plug, 211, 218; tappet valve, 210; two-stroke, 213 ; valves, 210, 212 ; water-jackets, 208, 209, 218 Petroleum, 207, 231, 337, 340 Pickering governor, 122 Piston, the, 7,8, 13 et seq., 106, 107, 186, 200, 213, 241, 281 Piston valves, 120, 213, 281 Planimeter, the, 317 Plunger, the, 240, 250 Poppet valve, 212, 267 Porter governor, 122