Proportions of condensing engines,

Revolutions per mile of driving wheels, and consumption of steam and

water for each sized wheel,

Pressure of steam exclusive of that of the atmosphere,

Pressure exerted by the elastic force of steam at various degrees of

temperature,.

AMALGAMS,

VARNISHES,

PRACTICAL TABLES:

WEIGHT OF METALS. WE

SQUARE, ROUND, and FLAT, ..

TABLE OF GRADIENTS, and Resistance per Ton for each,

Ultimate Breaking Weight in.Tons of Cast-Iron Pillars,

Table of Strengths of Cast-Iron Shafts,

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WROUGHT IRON;

Strength of the Teeth of Cast-Iron Wheels,

127

Method of Ascertaining the Weight of Pipes of Various Me-

tals, and any Diameter,

128

Weight of Cast-Iron Balls,

129

Table of the Weight of Flat and Rolled Iron,

Bore and Weight of Cocks; Weight of Lead, Lead Pipe, and

Copper Tubing,

134

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS,

135

Table of tenacities, resistances to compression, &c., of the common

materials of construction,

185

Strength and weight of ropes and chains,

136

Resistance to lateral pressure, or transverse action,..

Elasticity and strength of various species of timber,

136

136

Table showing the weight a beam of cast-iron one inch in breadth will

sustain,

137

Resistance of bodies to flexure by vertical pressure,

Dimensions of cylindrical columns of east-iron to sustain given loads,"

Elasticity of torsion,

141-

142

143

Table of the weight of a superficial foot of plate or sheet iron, copper,

and brass,,

144

Comparative weights of different bodies,

145

The mensuration of timber-flat or broad measure, cubic or solid

measure,

MENSURATION OF CIRCLES: Table of the Diameters, Circumfe-

rences and Areas of Circles,

of

Table of the circumferences and areas of circles, from 1 to 50 feet,

advancing by an inch,

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IVORY,

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176

177

177

177

177

178

178

Dalton's Experiment,.

Illuminating gases,

TABLE OF SQUARES, CUBES, SQUARE AND CUBE ROOTS OF NUMBERS, 180

Deflection of beams,

207

208

209

209

211

212

Strength of cast-iron pillars,

PROCESSES FOR STAINING WOODS,

Table to determine the Distances of the Movable Points in a

Transverse flexure of a wrought-iron bar by horizontal pressure,.

Hollow rectangular beams,

Experiments on the transverse strength of rectangular tubes of wrought

iron,

Effects of temperature on the strength of cast iron,

Comparative strength of long pillars; resistance to torsion,

Strength of ropes,

LOGARITHMS: Application and Utility of Common Logarithmic

Tables,

213

214

215

216

217

217

218

218

219

STEAM ENGINE: To Estimate the Amount of Effective Power,. 227

To determine the proper velocity for the piston,

Approximate velocities for pistons,

Parallel motion,

PROPERTIES AND MISCELLANEOUS EFFECTS OF HEAT: with Tables

of Expansion and Dilatation of Liquids and Solids,
Degrees of the three thermometrical scales,

Table of the Weight of Substances of Construction,

Conducting Power of Materials used in the Construction of

Houses,

Surface of Boiler Tubes of different Lengths and Diameters,

241

Capacity of Bodies for transmitting Heat,

Solders,

Table of Proportions for Shafting with Half-lap Couplings,

Gradations of Temperature,

PROPERTIES OF NUMBERS,

Table of useful numbers,

3 for Making different Kinds of Glass,

OF PRIME NUMBERS to 5000,

of Solid Inches and Solid Feet,.

, of Cast-Iron Plates,

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243

245

245

ore power that a Cast-Iron Wheel is capable of transmitting, 246

Dimensions of Wheels in actual use,

e of Comparative Dimensions and Strength of Ropes and
Chains,

lents and Specific Gravities of Sixty-two Simple Sub-

stai ces,

rtionate Strength of Wheels in Horse-power,

246

247

248

249

249

250

256

257

258

lysis of certain Organic Substances, from the best Author-

269

270

271

272

273

. 273

274

Gravity of Gases,

f Change Wheels for Screw-cutting,

using point of metals,

f the Charges Water or Wales,

of Weights of Square Feet of Copper, Lead, and Iron,

The of the quantity of Water per Linear Foot in
perties of Atmospheric Air,

onent Parts of Several Varieties of Wood, de

of Atmosphere at different Heights,

of the Quantity and Weight of Water in Pipes of any

even size,

Selfie Gravities and other Properties of Bodies,

operties of woods,

erties of liquids,✨ .

Packs of Fusibility of Metals,.

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275

277

278

278

279

279

280

281

282

282

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Composition of different Gunpowders,

Alloys,

Man and Horse Power,

Speed and Force of Wind at different Velocities,

The Boiling Point,

Table of the Sizes of Nuts equal in Strength to their Bolts,

The Powers of various Species of Fuel,

Table of Ratios of the Successive Hardnesses of Bodies,
Ductility and Malleability of Metals,

Conducting and Radiating Powers of various Substances,

Reflection and Transmission of Heat,

Table of Scale of Proofs for Chain-rigging,

MASONRY,.

Different kinds of,

The methods of joining stone,

BRICKLAYING,

Foundations,

PLASTERING,

Mortar and cement,

Digging, &c.,

Coarse and fine stuff,

Stucco for inside of walls,

Gauge stuff,.

Higgins' stucco,

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286

287

287

288

288

289

289

290

291

Parker's and Hamelein's cements, and foll

Maltha, or Greek mastic,

Plaster in imitation of marble,

Composition,

To make glass and stone paper,

WOODWORK, CARPENTRY, &c.,

Causes of the decay of timber,

Circumstances favorable to vegetable decomposition,

Dimensions of timbers used in a roof, kuras pho

Examples of roofs,

Floors,.

Trusses,

(necting timbers,

ver partitions,

Gluing joints,

Dovetailing,

Mortice and tenon,

Grooving and lapping

Bending and gluing-up,

Scribing,

Finishing of joiners' work,

TERMS USED IN BUILDING,

331

342

LOGARITHMS OF NUMBERS FROM 1 to 10,000,

TABLE OF THE LENGTHS OF CIRCULAR ARCS, RADIUS BEING

EXPLANATION OF THE USES AND APPLICATIONS OF THE 1

LONG CHORDS, .

TABLE OF MIDDLE ORDINATES,

NATURAL SINES AND TANGENTS TO EVERY DEGREE AND MINUTE OF

THE QUADRANT,

THE ENGINEER'S FIELD-BOOK,

371

375

FORMULA FOR RUNNING LINES, LOCATING SIDE TRACKS, &c.,

TABLE OF CHORDS CORRESPONDING TO. EVERY 100 FEET ON CURVE

FROM 200 TO 1000 FEET, CALCULATED TO EVERY 15 MINUTES'

RATE OF CURVATURE, FROM 15 MINUTES TO 8 DEGREES, RADIUS

1 BEING 5730 FEET,

TABLE OF RADII AND THEIR LOGARITHMS,

TABLE OF CHORDS, .

WABLES OF NATURAL AND LOGARITHMIC VERSED SINES AND EXTER-

NAL SECANTS,.

408

409

414

415

457

483

499

501

503

505

510