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

236 INDEX. PAGE Construction of apparatus, to be of best work,......................109 Cooling surface,..................................... . . 143 „ see also Heating surface. Copper and brass, Galvanic action on,................................96 Cornish boiler for land apparatus,..................................191 Corrosion by galvanic action,........................................96 „ see also Galvanic action. Cost of producing distilled water, gas consumption (see also Fuels'), . 169 Cruisers, use of exhaust steam,.................................68 Dead Sea, Salinity of,.....................................................29 Delivery area of steam at brine level,....................................126 Density of sea water,......................................................25 „ „ see also Salinity. Deposits on heating surfaces,..........................................3, 125 Despretz experiment on conductive heat,..................................App. Destroyers, live steam used,..................................... 68 Dilution water, Pipe and cock,............................................148 „ generally,................................................144 Distillation of greasy water,...............................................3 Distilled water, Analysis of,..............................................14 „ for industrial, domestic, and medical requirements, . 167 Distilling apparatus, Uses of,..............................................3 „ „ Construction of,...........................................145 „ condenser casing, ..............................................147 „ „ generally,.......................................... 135 „ „ for land (multiple distiller)......................203 , , „ Surfaces of,............................ 143, 144, 204 Dittmar, Researches of, on sea water,......................................18 Double distillation, Principles of,.........................................7 Double distiller on ships, above and below water line, . . . . 8 Boiler of,...............................................194 „ Details of,..........................................160, 161 „ gained effect explained,..................................177 „ Working of,...............................................160 Domestic use for distilling apparatus,.....................................II Drinking water, Use of distiller for,..............................4, 6, 137 Dulong, analysis of fuel, . . . ............................53 Economy in accurate specification,..........................................187 „ distinguished from time production, .... 182, 184