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

INDEX. 243 PAGE Strainers for circulation water inlet, ....... 149, 216 Successive distillations for multiple effect,..............................176 Suction pipe of circulation pump,..........................................217 Suez Canal, Salinity of,....................................................29 Surface condensers, engine exhaust steam,...................................68 Surfaces, Heating, see Evaporator, Boiler. „ Cooling, see Distilling condenser. Tables, see List at beginning of book. Test cock for salinity of brine,...........................................106 Thermal units, see B.T. U. and Calories. Tin, Use of, in brass tubes,................................................96 Total heat of steam at various pressures,................................32-35 Town gas, Heat obtainable from, &c.,................................61, 169 „ water, when not pure enough,.....................................167 Treble distillation, boiler used,.........................................194 „ „ multiple effect,.......................................178 „ „ working of apparatus,..................................218 Trials, Form of, to record results, ................................ 163, 221 „ Rules for conducting,.......................................... 163, 222 Tropical regions, Sea water in,.............................................21 Tubes, Surface of, at different sizes,......................................91 Types of multiple distillers,..............................................182 Usiglio, Researches of, in sea water,..............................18 Vacuum explained,........................................................50 Volume and weights, sea water and fresh water,...........................27 Water, best condensing medium,.........................................139 „ Cold, for drinking,............................................137 „ Composition of fresh,.........................................2, 18 „ „ of sea,.......................................................17 „ gauge on evaporator,..............................» . 106, 128, 202 „ tube boilers, see Boiler. „ Warm distilled, for industrial use,............................135 Welsh coal, Heat from................................................56, 57 Weight and volume, water, fresh and salt, .... 26, 27