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

INDEX. 235 PAGE Cannel coal, Use of,.......................................... . .55 Carnot, axiom regarding transmutation of substances, . . . . 40 Caspian Sea, Salinity of,..............................................20 Centigrade temperature,.............................................32-35 “ Challenger,” H.M-S., investigations,.................................18 Charcoal for a filter,.............................................. 150 „ as a fuel,............................................... 57 Chlorides in sea water.................................................12 Chimney, see Boiler. Circulation inlet valve,..............................................148 , , pump,............................................7, 213, 216 water generally,..........................................139 „ „ quantity,...............................................141 Cleaning of apparatus,................................................156 Coal as a fuel, Heating power of, . . . . . . .54 „ „ in boilers, . . . . . . . . ■ . . App. , , ,, Description of,.................................56, 57 „ Composition of,..................................................54 „ gas, 61 Coils, see Evaporator distilling condenser. „ Design for feed heating,.......................................210 „ Position of, in brine,.........................................129 „ Size of,........................................................91 Coke as a fuel, Heat from,.............................................54 Combustibles, see Fuel. „ Table of, with heat values,.................................61 Combustion, Theory of, in boilers,...................................App. Commercial use of distilling apparatus,.................................5 Composition of water, steam, ice, all the same,.....................17-18 „ of sea water,...............................................17-22 Compound distillation rules,...........................................50 „ „ explained, ........ 44 „ „ see also Multiple distillation. Condensation same rules as for evaporation,............................49 „ Heat returned by, . . ..... 40 Condensing surface,...................................................143 „ „ see also Heating surface. Conductivity of heat distiller tubes,..................................146 , , „ evaporator tubes,....................................94 „ through metals, .... 95, 96, and App. Connecting pipes, Double distiller,....................................154 „ „ Multiple distiller, . ...........................217