Accumulated work, 56.
Adhesion, 176.

Air, weight of given bulks of, 63; ex-
pansion of, by heat, 231; properties of
atmospheric, 277.

Alabaster, to harden and polish, 67.
Algebraic symbols, 15.

Alloys, 286; recipes for various, 154-159.
Alto-relievo, engraving in, 222.
Amalgams, 89.

Amonton's law of elastic force, 177.
Analysis of various organic substances,
269.

Anchors, size of, proportioned to the
tonnage of vessels, 272.
Animals, work of, 55.
Approximations, decimal, 41.

Arches, hemispherical, how to construct,
295.

Architectural terms, vocabulary of, 831-
341.

Arcs, circular, table of the lengths of,
499.

Arithmetic, decimal, 24; instrumental,
42.

Arithmetical signs, 18.

Artificial stones, recipes for making
different kinds of, 362-365.
Atmosphere, temperature and weight
of the, at various heights, 279.
Attraction, centre of, 175; capillary, 224.
Axle grease, 283.

Balls, cast-iron, weight of, 129.
Beam, cast-iron, pressure it will sustain,
146.

Beams, equilibrium and pressure of, 59;
transverse strength of, 209-211, 247;
deflection of, 212.

Bending and gluing-up, method of join-
ing woodwork by, 328, 329.
Binary compounds, 250-255.
Black, for miniature painters, 203.
Blacking, recipes for, 202, 208.
Blacklead pencils, 208.
Board measure, 146.

Boiler tubes, table of surface of, 241.
Boilers, engine, 47; the, of steam-
engines, and their proportions, 77.

Boiling point, height of, at different
heights of the barometer, 287.
Bolts and nuts, sizes of, 288.
Bookbinders' recipes, 352–358.
Boyle's law of elastic force, 177.
Brass, weight of superficial foot of, 144.
Bronze powder, 159.

Bronze, recipes for various kinds of,
847, 848.

Bronzing liquids, 108; for gun barrels,
179; for tin castings, ib.
Bricklaying, 297.

Building, terms used in, 381-841.

Cables, strength of, 271; size of, accord-
ing to the tonnage of vessels, 272.
Capillary attraction, 224.
Carbon, 173.
Carpentry, 305.

Cast-iron, dimensions of cylindrical
columns of, 142; compression of, 209;
bars, breaking weight of, 207; bars,
transverse strength of, 211; beam,
pressure it will sustain, 140; pillars,
table of ultimate breaking weight in
tons, 119-122: pillars, strength of, 216.
217; pipes, 148, 149; pipes, table of
weight of, 181; plates, weight of, 245;
shafts, table of strengths of, 123, 124;
wheel, to find the horse-power it is
capable of transmitting, 246.
Cement, 300, 802.

Cements, recipes for various, 262-269.
Centre of attraction, equilibrium, fric-

tion, gravity, and gyration, 175, 176.
Centre of gyration, 53; of percussion, ib.
Centrifugal force, 50.

Chain rigging, scale of proofs for, 291.
Chains and ropes, comparative scale of,
247.

Chalk drawings, how to render perma-
nent, 358.

Chords, table of, 414; uses and applica-
tions of the table of long, 501.

Circles, table of the diameters, circum-
ferences, and areas of, 160-166; cir-
cumferences and areas of, from one to
fifty feet, 167-178.

Cisterns, capacity of, in gallons, 274.

Grooving and lapping, method of join-,
ing woodwork by, 328.
Gun barrels, bronzing liquids for, 179.
Gunpowder, composition of different
kinds of, 285.

Gutta percha, solvents for, 179.
Gyration, centre of, 53, 176.

Hardness of metals, ratio of the, 23.
Hardnesses of bodies, ratios of, 289.
Hats, recipe for dyeing, 256.
Heat, latent, in steam, 72; properties
and miscellaneous effects of, 228-231;
capacities of bodies for transmitting,
235; power of various substances to
transmit, 291.

Heating power of various combustible
substances, 82.
Heel balls, 103.

Horse-power, 55; of an engine, 57; of a
steam-engine, rule for obtaining, 75;
nominal, of low pressure engines, 83;
of high pressure, 84: capable of being
transmitted by a cast-iron wheel, to
find the, 246; of wheels, proportionate
strength of, 258; comparison of, as ap-
plied to machinery, 286.
Horses, traction of, 56.

Illuminating gases, 178.
Inches, table of solid, 245.
Inclined plane, the, 66.

Ink, recipes for making different kinds
of, 365-369.

Instrumental arithmetic, 42.
Instruments, copper, bronzing liquids
for, 108.

Iron, to preserve from rust, 153; cast-
iron pillars, table of ultimate breaking
weight in tons, 119-122; cast, com-
pression of, 209; cast and wrought iron
shafts, tables of strengths of, 123–126;
flat and rolled, table of weight of, 130;
malleable, weight of one foot length of,
182; sheet, weight of superficial foot
of, 144; sheet and boiler plate, weight
of a square foot of, 275; wrought,
square, round, and flat, tables of
weight of, 97-117; wrought, tensile
and compressive strength of, 208.
Ivory, recipes for softening, hardening,
dyeing, marking, &c., 174, 175.

Joiners' work, finishing of, 330, 331.
Joints, method of gluing, 323.
Journals of shafts, strength of, 149.

Knot table, 259–261.

Map colors, 143.

Marble, plaster imitation of, 303; recipes
for staining and cleaning, 349.
Mariotte's law of elastic force, 177.
Materials, strength of, 135; strain and
stress of, 204; of construction, weight
of, 234; conducting power of, 235.
Masonry, different kinds of, 292, 293.
Mastic, Greek, 303.
Mechanical

powers, the, and their appli-

cation, 63.
Medals, copper, bronzing liquids for, 108.
Mensuration of superficies, 27, 44; of
solids, 36, 46; of timber, 146; of circles,
160.

Metals, ratio of the hardness of, 23;
weight of, 97; paste for cleaning, 146;
and other substances, weight of, 235;
expansion of, by heat, 228; linear
dilatation of, by heat, 230; fusing point
and fusibility of, 282, 284; ductility
and malleability of, 289, 290.
Modelling wax, 86.
Motion, laws of, 47.
Mortar, 800.

Mortice and tenon, 326-828.

Numbers, properties of, 238, 239; table
of useful, 240, 241; table of prime
numbers to 5000, 243-245.
Numeration, 42.

ber, 810-312.

Lac, preparations of, 89.
Land-surveying, 46.

Latent heat in steam, 72.

bolts, 286.

Oakum, weight of a cubic foot of, 180.

Oil, linseed, for varnishing, 87.

Paint, old, solvent for, 102.
Paper glass and stone, how to make, 304.
Papers, recipes for preparing, for various
purposes, 342-347.

Parallel motion, table to determine dis-
tances of movable points in a, 223.
Parallelogram of forces, 59.
Partitions, timber, 322, 323.
Paste for cleaning metals, 146; for furni-
ture, 158; common, 265; for laying
cloth or leather on table tops, 267.
Pencil drawings, how to render perma-
nent, 358.

Pencils, blacklead, 203.

Pendulum, oscillations of, 49, 50.
Pendulums, 249.

Percussion, centre of, 53.
Petrifaction of wood, 70.

Pew's composition for covering build-
ings, 268.

Photographs, paper for, 345-347.
Pile-driving, force in, 189.

Pillars, cast-iron, table of ultimate break-
ing weight in tons, 119-122.
Pipe, lead, weight of, 184.

Pipes, weight of, of various metals, 128;
cast-iron, table of weight of, 131; cast-
iron, 148, 149.

Pitch of cog wheels, 68.
Plane, the inclined, 66.

Plaster, in imitation of marble, 303.
Plastering, 300.

Plastic figures, amalgam for varnishing,
89.

Platina for springs, 145.
Platina-mohr, 176.

Polishes, recipes for various, 351, 352.
Polishing wood, recipes for, 226, 227.
Porcelain, glaze for, 102.

Porphyry, to cut, with iron, 146.
Power, steam, 71.

Power of man or horse as applied to
machinery, 286.

Powers, the mechanical, and their ap-
plication, 63.

Practical geometry, 16.

Pressure of beams, 59: lateral, 136; ver-
tical, 141: of steam at different tem-
peratures, 78.

Prime numbers, table of, to 5000, 243-245.
Pulley, the, 65.

Pulleys, velocity of, 68.

Pump, common, principle of, 231.
Pumps, quantity of water per linear foot,
in, 276.

Putty, old, solvent for, 102.

Radiating powers of substances, 290.

Radii, table of, and their logarithms, 409.
Railroads, formulæ for running lines,
locating side-tracks, &c.
Reduction, 24.

Reflecting powers of various substances,
291.

Resolution of forces, 312.

Rigging, chain, scale of proofs for, 291.
Roofs, the construction of, 314–317.
Ropes, strength of, 218, 271; comparative
strength and weight of, 136; hempen,
capacity of sustaining strain, 278; and
chains, comparative scale of, 247.
Rule, slide, description of, and manner
of using, 42.

Rust, to preserve iron from, 153.

Safety valve, rule to find the proper
diameter of, 75.
Scouring balls, 159.

Scouring drops for removing grease, 103,
Screw, the, 67.

Screw-cutting, change wheels for, 279.
Screws, V-thread, number of threads to
an inch in, 277.

Scribing, the operation of, 329.

Sealing-wax, recipes for making different
kinds of, 369, 370.
Seasoning timber, 307-312.
Secants, external, table of, 415.
Seed-lac, 89.

Shafts, cast and wrought-iron, tables of
strengths of, 123-126; strength of
journals of, 149; diameters of, 151; re-
sistance of, to torsion, 150.

Shears, tension of the guise and shear-
leg of, 60.

Sheet-iron, weight of superficial foot of,
144.

Shell-lac, 89.

Side-tracks, on railroads, formulæ for
locating, 372.

Signatures, method of taking fac-similes
of, 182.

Signs, arithmetical, 13.
Silica, 178.

Silver, an indelible black to write on,
81; recipes for puritying and reducing,
201.

Silvering powder, 145.

Sines, versed, table of, 415; natural, 457.
Size, 173.

Slide rule, description of, and manner
of using, 42.

Solder for tortoise-shell, 128; for ferrules
of tool handles, 133.
Solders, recipes for various, 235.
Solid measure, 147.
Solids, mensuration of, 36, 46.
Solvents for gutta percha, 179.
Sound, velocity of, 176.
Specific gravity, 61; gravities, table of,
62; of simple substances, 248; specific
gravities and other properties, 281.