A Practical Manual On Sea Water Distillation
With A Description Of The Necessary Machinery For The Process

234 INDEX. PAGE Boiler, chimney usually included, . 198 „ construction, simple the best, . 192 „ Feed-water, Distilled water for, . 4, 5 „ fittings, . 197, 198 ,, pressure, What, for best economy, .... . 180 ,, „ Adjustment of, for successive distillations, . . 178, 180 „ Rules for satisfactory working, . 199 „ Setting, usually an extra, . 199 „ shipment particulars, . 197, 199 „ Size of, generally, 192 and App. ,, „ for various types of apparatus, . 193 „ Type of, for land apparatus.. ...... . 191 „ water tube not suitable for sea water, .... . 191 „ weight of various sizes, . 197 Boiling point, Temperature at various densities, . 26 „ „ at altitudes, . 51 Brass, Conductivity of, and galvanic action on, 94-96 Brine area, How estimated, . 126 „ „ see also Steam room. „ comparison, weak and strong brine, .... . 26, 125 „ Dilution of, method of effecting it, . 132 „ „ Quantity of, . 133 „ Discharge, automatic, . 129 „ „ constant and intermittent . 130 „ „ generally, . 106 ,, „ under pressure, . 132 „ vacuum, . 132 „ level, . 128 „ receiver, . 106 „ relation to feed, . 123 „ saturated solution, 22 „ strength or salinity, 123 and App. „ „ governed by feed regulator, .... 113, 212, 213 „ „ indicated by salinometer, . . . 108 „ Weight of, at various strengths, 26 Briquettes, Patent fuel, . 57 B.T.U. (British Thermal Unit), . 35 Bureau Veritas, Rules of, . 159 Caird & Rayner evaporator heating surface. 87, 88 Calories, heat units by metric system, . 36