The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Reference Book of Rules, Tables, Data, and Formulæ, for the Use of Engineers, Mechanics, and Students

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John Wiley & Sons, 1906 - Mechanical engineering - 1129 pages
 

Contents

of the Parabola
49
Polygons Table of Polygons
57
Sphere
61
Solution of Plane Triangles
68
Formulæ for Integration
74
Mathematical Tables
88
Squares Cubes Square Roots and Cube Roots from 0 1 to 1600
101
Circumferences and Areas of Circles Advancing by Eighths from
108
Lengths of Circular Arcs Degrees Given
114
Contents of Pipes and Cylinders Cubic Feet and Gallons
121
Table of Logarithms
156
Chemical Elements
163
Cast Iron
167
Order of Malleability etc of Metals
169
of Plate Iron
175
Sheetiron Hydraulic Pipe
192
Riveted Iron Pipes
198
Sizes of Shot
204
Weight of Bolts with Heads
210
Iron Wire Size Strength
217
Electric Cables
223
Steel Hawsers
229
Stress and Strain
236
Columns Pillars or Struts
246
Safe Loads on Steel Beams
270
Strength of Unstayed Flat Surfaces
284
Holding Power of Nails Spikes Bolts and Screws
290
Initial Strain on Bolts
292
Wroughtiron Bars Compression Tests
304
Strength of Brick Stone etc
312
Latent Heat
318
Alloys of Copper and Tin Bronze
319
Alloys used in Brass Foundries
325
Manganese Bronze
331
Alloys containing Antimony
335
Cordage Technical terms of
341
Manila Cordage Weight etc
347
Helical Springs for Cars
354
Tests of Cast Iron
368
Mixture of Cast Iron with Steel
375
Formulæ for Unit Strains in Structures
381
Nonoxidizing Process of Annealing
389
Influence of Annealing upon Magnetic Capacity
396
May Carbon be Burned out of Steel?
402
Aluminum Steel
409
Force Unit of Force
415
Circular Ring
419
Centre of Oscillation
421
Mass
427
Animalpower
433
The Pulley
439
Howe Truss
445
Tenacity of Iron at High Temperatures
449
Fire Clay Analysis
451
Specific Heat
457
Latent Heat of Evaporation
462
Steampipe Coverings
470
Magnesia Bricks
476
Thermodynamics
478
Loss due to Excess of Pressure
500
882
504
Practical Results
505
Compressed Air Working Pumps in Mines
511
Capacity of Fans and Blowers
517
Experiments on Mine Ventilators 522 Disk Fans
524
Quantity of Air Discharged through a Ventilating Duct
530
Weight of Air and Mixtures of Air and Vapor
531
Rules for Computing Radiating Surfaces
536
Heating a Greenhouse by Hot Water
542
Blower System of Heating and Ventilating
545
Compressibility of Water
551
Flow in Open and Closed Channels
557
Bazins Formula
563
Table of Flow of Water in Circular Pipes
573
456
575
Flow through Rectangular Orifices
584
Turbine Wheels
591
Dimensions of Turbines
597
Sizes of Directacting Pumps
603
Vanes of Centrifugal Pumps
609
Quantity of Water Delivered by the Hydraulic Ram
615
Analyses of Gases of Combustion
622
Western Lignites
631
Results of Tests with Different Coals
689
Table of Factors of Evaporation
695
Strength of Steamboilers
700
ft lengths
703
U S Rule for Allowable Pressures
706
Safe Pressures on Cast Iron Pipe
709
The Hawley Downdraught Furnace
712
Removal of Hard Scale
718
Equation of the Injector
725
Usual Amount of Moisture in Steam
731
Wind
738
Calculation of Mean Effective Pressure
744
Horsepower Constant
756
Advantages of Compounding
762
Calculation of Diameters of Cylinders
768
Principal Engines Worlds Columbian Exhibition 1893
774
Type of Engine Used when Exhauststeam is used for Heating
780
Steam Consumption in Small Engines
786
Steam Turbines
791
Diameter of Pistonrods
797
Crossheadpin or Wristpin
804
Length of Shaftbearings
810
Engineframes or Bedplates
817
The Ellipse
820
Thickness of Rims
823
Inside Lead
829
Pendulum or Flyball Governors
836
The Jet Condenser
839
Increase of Power by Condensers
846
Inertia and Resistance at Increasing Speeds
853
Speed of Railway Trains
859
Locomotive Testing Apparatus
863
Horsepower Transmitted by Shafting
869
Proportions of Pulleys
873
Width of Belt for Given Horsepower
879
Evils of Tight Belts
885
Proportion of Gearwheels
891
Stepped Gears
897
Durability of Cast Iron
903
Efficiency of Chainblocks
907
Weight of Overhead Bins 912a
912
Suspension Cableways and Cable Hoists
915
Corrosion of Iron and Steel
918
Longdistance Transmission
921
Coefficient of Friction
928
Friction of Motion
929
Allowable Pressures on Bearingsurface
935
Bearings for Very High Rotative Speed
941
Charging a Cupola
948
Table of Cutting Speeds
954
Milling with or Against Feed
960
Power used by Machine Tools
963
Taps for Machinescrews
970
Holdingpower of Setscrews
977
Icemelting Effect
983
Test Trials of Refrigeratingmachines
990
Cylinderheating
997
Rules for Measuring Dimensions and Obtaining Tonnage of Vessels
1001
Results of Trials of Steamvessels of Various Sizes
1007
Results of Recent Researches
1013
Walls of Warehouses Stores Factories and Stables 10190
1019
Relations of Various Units
1025
Laws of Electrical Resistance
1027
Allowable Carrying Capacity of Copper Wires
1033
836
1037
Table of Electrical Horsepowers
1039
Description of Storagebatteries
1045
The magnetic Circuit
1051
The Helix
1054
Strength of the Magnetic Field
1057
Maximum Average and Effective Values
1061
Capacity of Conductors
1067
The Spiral
1074
Mathematics
1080
Efficiency of Worm Gearing
1086
Flow of Air through Orifices
1103
Heating of Air by Compression
1109
Pitot Tube Gauge
1113
Prism
1114
837
1121
Wedge
1127
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