Pocketbook of Useful Formulæ and Memoranda
for Civil and Mechanical Engineers

718 INDEX, PAGE Boiling Point of Water, Table of.. .. .. 11 Bollman’s Truss .. .. 178 Bolt-heads and Nuts .. 418 _--------------Weight of 51 Boring, Speeds for .. .. 439 Bowstring Bridges .. .. 177 Bow, Wave Lines of .. 558 Boyle’s Law ............365 Bra^s................... 16 ----Lacquer.............428 ----Plate, Weight of .. 39 -— Sheet-----------.. 39 ------- Tubes------.. 48 ----Wire-----------.. 45 Brasses ................413 Brazing ................423 Breaks, Bailway .. .. 226 Breakwaters ............296 Breast Water-wheels .. 531 Brick Chimneys .. .. 472 Brickwork I dimensions .. 93 --------Memoranda .. 92 --------Multipliers for 93 --------Walls .. .. 94 Bridge Steel, Strength of 32 Bridges, Arched .. .. 109 --------American Trusses 179 ------Loads on 121 ---------------Strains on 159 --------Bowstring .. .. 177 ----— Cast-iron Girder 169 --------Girder, Loads on 162 --------Large Span.. 160, 183 ---------- Lattice .. ..171 --------Loads on .. .. 162 --------.Skew...........110 ------Suspension.. .. 184 --------Table of .. ..160 --------Wrought-iron .. 170 Buckets, High-pressure Turbines ...............540 --------Low-pressure Tur- bines ..................536 PAGE Buckets, Ventilation .. 535 --------Water-wheel .. 532 Buckled Plates.............144 Builder’s Measurement (Tonnage) ..............570 -------------------Table of 571 Buildings, Walls of.. .. 94 Buoyancy of Casks .. .. 591 Cable, Chain ...............54 Calculus, Differential and Integral................625 Camber, Setting out .. 654 --------of Springs .. .. 230 Canal Locks ...............270 Canals ....................271 ------Horse-power on .. 270 --------Memoranda oh .. 271 Cantilever Girder .. ..183 Capillarity of Barometer 13 Capitalization .. .. .. 611 Carbon Percentage in Iron and Steel ...............34 Cardioid Curve.............653 Carriage Shed, Prussian .. 193 --------— Stock, Renew al of 240 Carriages, Railway .. .. 232 ----------------Life of .. 240 --------N umber of 232 Case-hardening............4 26 Casks......................591 Castings, Malleable .. .. 35 --------Shrinkage of .. 435 --------------------------------Weiuhtof.. .. 420 Cast-Iron Balls and Cy- linders .................51 --------Girders .. ..169 --------Pipes, Weight of 46 --------Strength of .. 27 --------Tests for .. .. 31 Catenary Curve.............652 ---------Table of .. ..352 Caulking...................470 ! Cement, Concrete .. .. 99