Chapter XII: Part 12

=Pump, Edwards’ air=, ills. and des., 53-55
ejector, as a form of, 259
Eve’s rotary, des. and ills., 196-197

=Pump=, failure in starting, cause, 371
for salt water evaporator and distiller, ills. and des., 168

=Pump=, gas-fitter’s air proving, def. and ills., 29
Gould’s rotary, ills., 194
des., 199

=Pump governor, Mason=, ills. and des., 284-286
Nathaniel Lombard, note, 294
utility, combination, des. and ills., 296

=Pump governors, Carr steam=, ills. and des., 288-291
hand oil, desirable, 375
“=Hessian Suck=,” des., 211
hydraulic gauge test, ills. and des., 163

=Pumping water=, use of compressed air in, des., 59
“=Isochronal=,” def., 147
=Maslin automatic steam vacuum=, ills., 271
des., 279
“=Massachusetts=,” des., 211
mining, hand-power, ills., 145
des., 148

=Pump of the Silsby steam fire engine=, 113
portable fire air, 29
=Quimby screw=, ills. and des., 174-176
=Root’s rotary=, ills. and des., 209

=Pump speed governors=, ills. and des., 281-394
=steam fire engine=, ills. and des., 91-142
=American=, ills., 132, 133
des., 138-139
=La France=, ills., 134
des., 139-141
syphon, ills. and des., 188, 265
as attached to steam fire engine, ills., 93
the “=Ballast=,” ills. and des., 159-161
the =Cameron vertical plunger sinking=, ills., 150-151
des., 152
the =Deane sugar-house=, ills. and des., 164-165
the =“Doctor” independent pump=, ills. and des., 161-162
the injector can be used as a, 249
the jet, ill. and des., 261
the =Magna sugar=, ills. and des., 166-167
the =“Scranton” mining=, ills. and des., 153-154
the ship’s, 155
=Taber rotary=, 200-202

=Pumps=, air and vacuum, ills. and des., 31
air pressure, ills. and des., 90
ammonia or acid, ills. and des., 171
auxiliary feed, often duplicated, 161
=Byron Jackson Machine Company’s turbine=, 236-242

=Pumps, centrifugal=, ills. and des., 211-230
circulating, ills., 219
des., 168
directions for erecting and running, 226-228
fire, =Holyoke pattern of rotary=, 203

=Pumps, marine=, 155-162
methods of priming centrifugal pumps, 228-229

=Pumps, mining=, 145-155
an advantage of, note, 152

=Pumps, miscellaneous=, 143-176
of steam fire engine, des. and ills., 100, 106, 107
operation of large dredging, 210
rotary and centrifugal, 193-229

=Pumps, rotary=, ills. and des., 194-210
impellers or pistons of, ills. and des., 196
used for pumping thick stuff, 165

=Pumps, sinking=, des. and ills., 148
“sugar-house”, 165-167
=Taber rotary=, 200-202
turbine, 230-242
vacuum, single and cross compound double acting, 37-39
vacuum, table of arrangement of valves, 41
wind power, ills. and des., 185-192

=Pump=, the wood propeller, ills. and des., 172-174
the =Worthington pressure=, ills. and des., 154-155
the =Worthington “wrecking” pump=, ills. and des., 157-159
vacuum, =Worthington vertical beam=, ills. and des., 44-45

=Pump=, vertical, of the =Clapp & Jones steam fire engine=, 118
windmill, operation of, 187

=Purification of water= effected by the air lift pump, 87

=Purifying water=, 379

=Quimby screw pump=, ills. and des., 174-176

=Raising sunken vessels=, use of compressed air in, des., 59

“=Rarefaction=,” def., 18

“=Rarefied=,” def., 18

=Ratchet drill=, ills. and des., 338

=Rates of discharge= of small pipes; Table, 397

=Reamer=, ills. and des., 339

=Receiver=, use of, 317
Dean, Mason and Worthington steam pumps with receiver attached,
des. and ills., 318-319

=Receiving reservoir=, def., 322

=Rectangular surface condenser=, the “Admiralty,” des., 303

=Refrigerating and ice making=, use of compressed air in, des., 59

=Regulator=, Mason elevator pump pressure, ills. and des., 286-287

=Relieved cylinders=, how to proceed, 383

=Remedy for air-bound pumps=, 371

=Reservoir=, def., 322
distributing, def., 322
receiving, def., 322

=Reynolds-Corliss type=, valve gear of, 67

=Right and left-hand pumps=, how determined, 371

=Rings=, how to cut to size, 373
pattern, to be on hand, 383

=Riveters=, use of compressed air in, des., 57

=Root’s large rotary pump= for dredging purposes, ills. and
des., 208-210

=Rotary and centrifugal pumps=, 193-229
pump driven by steam used for fire purposes, des., 205
ills., 206-207
=Holyoke pattern=, 203
lobes of, ills. and des., 209-210
type used by the Silsby fire engine designers; sliding abutment
of rotary pump, des., 199
ills. and des., 194-210
how divided into classes, 196
impellers or pistons of, ills. and des., 196
speed of, 174

=Rotary steam fire engine, Silsby=, des. and ills., 113
valve, 347

=Rules for approximately determining the size of a windmill= to use
in pumping, 190
for obtaining the contents of a barrel in gallons, 324
for setting of Deane vacuum pump valves, 43
to govern the actions, etc., of injectors, 253-254

=Saddles=, how attached to pipes, des., 382
pipe, substitute for tees, 382

=Sal soda=, use of, 380

=Salts=, magnesia, etc., in water, 380

=Salt water evaporator= and distiller, pump for, ills. and des., 168
Root’s large rotary pump for salt water service, 210

=Sampson windmill=, des., 190

=Sand blasts=, use of compressed air in, des., 57
large rotary pump for, 210
or heavy material for pumping, speed of pump to be increased, 219

=Santovio of Padua=, Italy, inventor of the pulsometer, 269

=Savery, Thomas=, pump, when patented, ills. and des., 268-271

=“Scranton” mining pump=, ills. and des., 153-154

=Screw pump, Quimby=, ills. and des., 174-176

=Schutte & Koerting Co.=, combined throttle and quick closing trip
valve, 348
condenser plant, revised by, ills. and des., 310

=Second steam fire engine=, capacity and weight of, 93

=Self-closing cock=, des., 347

=Self-propelled steam fire engines=, Amoskeag pattern, 142

=Separators=, necessary, 374

=Setting and operating of the Taber pumps=, 200-202

=Ship’s ballast tank=, def., 322
pump, the, 155
pump, the “Donkey,” des., 161

=Shop tools of all kinds=, use of compressed air in, des., 57

=Siamese connection= for stand pipes, 138

=Sight feed cup=, automatic in its operation, 375
proper place for, 375
when to fill, 376

=Sight feed=, oil cups recommended, 375

=Silsby rotary steam fire engine=, des. and ills., 113

=Sinking caissons= and driving tunnels through silt and soft
earth, use of compressed air in, des., 59

=Sinking or station pump=, adaptation of the turbine pump for, 233
des. and ills., 148
Deane single vertical, ills., 138
des., 149

=Size of rings to use=, 373

=Sleeve coupling=, ills. and des., 367

=Slide valve=, 347

=Slippage=, def., causes of, 384

=Socket wrench=, interchangeable, ills. and des., 344

=Spanner=, ills. and des., 344

=Speed controlling device=, style A, Mason pump, method of operating,
ills. and des., 288

=Speed governor for water wheels=, Holyoke improved, ills. and
des., 291-294
pump governors, ills. and des., 281-294

=Spray pipe and nozzle=, ills., 312

=Spring valve=, 347

=Sprinkler=, inside boiler to scatter particles that would otherwise
form scale, 380

=Square packings=, advantages of, 372

=“Staggered” tube system= used in steam fire engine, 104

=Standard pipe sizes=, ills., 367

=Starting a pump=, precautions in, 371

=Steam and air=, relative space occupied by, 378
boiler, feed water impurities, des., 327
cock, des., 347
cylinders, engines and pumps synonymous, require the same
lubrication, 375
driven centrifugal pump, Morris Machine Company’s, ills. and
des., 220-221
end of air and vacuum pumps, 35

=Steam fire engine=, ills. and des., 91-142
auxiliary appliances and supplies, 99
“crane necked,” frame for, 141
Fox boiler, des. and ills., 101-103
historical notes and ills., 92-99
inner and outer tube system, des., 104
instructions and suggestions, 129, 131, 135-137
nozzles, 125
parts of, 99
pumps, des. and ills., 106, 107
pumps, piston rods, exhaust, coal box, etc., 100, 101
self-propelled, Amoskeag pattern, 142
stationary heater for, des., 105
suction strainers of, des. and ills., 109
table of effective fire streams for, 117
“thaw-pipe” connected to, 123
the =Ahrens=, 126

=Steam fire engine= pump, the American, ills., 132, 133
des., 138-139
the =Amoskeag=, ills., 107, 128
des., 141-142
the boiler, des., 99
the =Clapp & Jones=, 118
the =La France=, ills., 134
des., 139-141

=Steam fire engine, the Silsby rotary=, des. and ills., 113
appurtenances belonging to, 111
Siamese connections for, 138
valve motion of, des., 110

=Steam induction condenser=, exhaust, des. and ills., 308

=Steam injector=, exhaust, ills. and des., 255-256
injectors, three distinct types of, 247
mains, bracket for supporting of, ills. and des., 364-365
materials for making, 364
pipe lines, 364
the proper anchoring and supporting of, ills. and des., 365
to properly drain, 374

=Steam pump=, Deane automatic duplex, ills. and des., 318-319

=Steam shovel= of service in raising material, 222
trap, des., 333-334

=Steam=, utilizing of exhaust; note, 35

=Stems= valve, in suction must not leak, 374

=Stock and die pipe=, ills. and des., 341

=Stop-cock=, des., 347

=Stopping at night=, precautions for, 377

=Stop valve=, necessity of, 371

=Stover Manufacturing Company=, makers of the Sampson windmill, 190

=Strainers for suction pipes= of steam fire engines, 138
for suction water pipes, ills. and des., 325-328
suction, of steam fire engine, des. and ills., 109

=Stress on bolts=, 399

=Stuffing boxes=, failure under high pressure, cause, 375
pump end, how lubricated, 375

=Submerged type of centrifugal vertical pump=, ills. and des., 222-223

=Suction hose= for the steam fire engine, how fitted and carried, 111

=Suction pipe= should be drained, 377
pipes, strainers for, ills. and des., 325-328
strainers of steam fire engines, des. and ills., 109
valves must be well packed, 374

=“Sugar-house” pumps=, 165-167
pump, the Deane, ills. and des., 164-165

=Sugar=, action of in boilers, 379
no action on copper, tin, lead and aluminum, 379

=Suggestions how to find the trouble= in starting a pump, 371

=Sulphates= deposited in order, des., 380

=Surface condenser=, 32, 303, 313
extent of a, 28

=Swivel bench vise=, ills. and des., 340

=Syphon pump=, des. and ills., 188

=Syringe, Pneumatic=, ills., and des., 26

=Taber pumps=, directions for settling and operating, 200-202

=Table of= analysis of average boiler scale, 328
arrangement of valves for air and vacuum pumps, 41
average hourly velocity of the wind in the U. S., 183
Bliss-Heath dimensions and capacities of atmospheric pumps, 171
bolt circles of standard pipe flanges, 399

=Table of= capacities at varying heights above sea level, 74
capacities, etc., of the universal double tube injector, 264
and pipe sizes of sugar-house pumps, 167
for 20-inch hydraulic dredge, 221
of “Ballast” pump, 161
of Boggs & Clarke hydraulic dredging pump, 218
of Davidson marine pump, 157
of Deane single sugar-house pump, 165
of injectors, 252
of tanks and cisterns, 324
of the Deane single vertical sinking pump, 149
of Worthington “wrecking” pump, 159

=Table= of classification of steam fire engines, 93
of Contents, XI.
of contents of cylinders in cubic feet for each foot of depth, 398

=Table of= diameters of cisterns in decimals of a foot, 398
dimensions of noiseless water heater, 266
of the Bordo blow-off valve, 356
of water pressure ejector, 266

=Table of= discharge per minute under given heads, 392-393
of effective fire streams, 117
of flow of water in cast iron pipes, 394-395

=Table of= flow of water= over Weir Dam, 391
friction heads at given rates, 394-395
friction heads in small pipes, 397
friction, loss in pounds pressure, 392-393
rates of discharge of small pipes, 397
parts of the “Imperial” air compressor, 70
pressure in pounds for every foot up to 300 ft. height, etc., 396

=Table of= pressure of column of water, per square inch in pounds, 396
of sizes, capacity, etc., of the Cataract steam pump, 147
of sizes, etc., of the “Blake” compressor, 73
sizes and capacities of ejectors, 259

=Table of= standard sizes of flanges, 399
test of air and vacuum pumps, 41
velocity of flow in pipes, 392-393

=Tables and data=, 387-400
dimensions and capacities of the Quimby screw pump, 176
pressure and temperature of the peerless injector, 251
relating to the sizes and capacities of pumping mills, 189-190

=Tail pipe of condenser=, ills., 312

=“Take-off” ring of Fox boiler=, des. and ills., 103

=Tank=, def. of, 321
ball cock, operation of, ills. and des., 320
closed pressure, ills. and des., 321-323
feeding into top or bottom, 373
graduated, def., 322
hoops, lugs and lock nut nipples, important parts of, 323
needed strength of a, 323
valves, 323

=Tanks and cisterns=, 188, 321-324
table of capacity for, 324
arrangements of pulsometer for emptying, ills. and des., 278
computation for finding weight of, 324
foundations for, 323

=Tanneries=, particularly adapted for use in centrifugal pump, 214

=Tap=, ills. and des., 339

“=Tapping=,” des. of process, 339

=Tapping iron furnaces=, use of compressed air in, des., 59

=Tee=, beaded malleable iron, ills. and des., 367
malleable iron, ills. and des., 363
pipe, ills., 368

=Telescopic pipe joint=, ills. and des., 152

=Temperature of gases=, 28

=Ten thousand horse power turbine wheel=, ills., IV

=Test pump=, hydraulic gauge, ills. and des., 163

“=Thaw-pipe=” connected to Clapp & Jones steam fire engine, 123

=Theoretical operations of air compressors=, 63

=Theory of air lift=, 80

=Thermometer=, des., 18

=Thick stuff=, the handling of, des., 165

=Third steam fire engine=, capacity and weight of, 93

=Three-way cock=, des., 347

=Throttle and quick closing trip valve=, ills., 336
des., 348
valve, automatic, for boiler feed pump, ills. and des., 352-353

=Thud=, causes of, in pumps, 375

=Tire air pump=, 29

=Tongs=, chain, 343
pipe, ills. and des., 343

=Tools=, def., 337
valves and piping, 335-356

=Towers=, cooling, des., 33

=Transmitting messages through pneumatic tubes=, use of compressed
air in, des., 59

=Trap=, Anderson steam, des. and ills., 332-333
steam, des., 333-334

=Trimo pipe wrench=, ills. and des., 343

=Try-cock=, des., 347

=Tub=, des., 323

=Tube of condenser=, ills. and des., 305

=Tubing=, including boiler tubes, how measured, 367

=Turbine pump=, multi-stage, how primed, ills. and des., 228

=Turbine pump=, space occupied by; note, 233
pumps, 230-242
Byron Jackson Machine Company’s, 236-242

=Turbine wheel, ten thousand horse power=, ills., IV

=Two-stage or compounded compression=, 74-75

=Union=, Dart, ills. and des., 367
flange, ills. and des., 363
pipe, ills., 368

=Universal double tube injector=, ills., 262
des., 264

=Uses of compressed air=, 57

=Utilities and attachments=, 315-334

=Utility=, def. of, 317

=Vacuum=, def., 31
des., 299
chamber necessary for high lifts, 374
remedy for pounding, 374
gauge, why graduated in inches; note, 21
pumps, single and cross compound double acting, 37-39
table of arrangement of valves, 41
table of test, 41
synonymous with air, 373
the Conover condenser, ills. and des., 50-53
the Deane, ills. and des., 42-43
the Edwards, ills. and des., 53-55
the Maslin automatic steam, ills., 271
des., 279
the Worthington vertical beam, ills. and des., 44-45

=Valve=, def., 347
automatic throttle, for boiler feed pump, ills. and des., 352-353
auxiliary or pilot, des., 348
Bordo blow-off, ills. and des., 354-355
churn, for feeding the steam fire engine, des., 111
connection of, 346

=Valve for Carr steam pump governors=, ills. and des., 290-291
gear of the Clapp & Jones Village Engine, 122
of the Reynolds-Corliss type, 67
heart created on the principles of, 347
hinged, 347
inverted-cup, 347
key, 347
lifting, 347
Mason water reducing, ills. and des., 351

=Valve motion of steam fire engines=, des., 110
pressure reducing, ills. and des., 349-350
rotary, 347
slide, 347
spring, 347
throttle and quick closing trip, ills., 336
des., 348
clogging of, remedy, 375
“Corcoran” tank, 323
lift of, important for high pressures, 375
names, how derived, 347

=Valves of an air compressor=, how operated by mechanical means, 65
rule for setting of Deane vacuum pump, 43
several classes of, 347
suction, must be well packed, 374

=Vat=, des., 323

“=Van Duzen’s steam jet pump=”; note, 260

=Vapor=, def., 16

=Velocity, average of the wind for the U. S.=, 182
of flow in pipes; Table, 392-393
water entering suction, 378
water in discharge pipes, 378
relative, of water in large and small pipes, 378

=Vertical duplex compressor=, 64-71
pump of four-stage turbine, ills., 238
des., 241

=Vise, pipe=, ills. and des., 340
swivel bench, ills. and des., 340

“=Volute=,” def. of, 211
centrifugal pump, the Worthington, why so named, des., 229
centrifugals, des., 229

=Volz combination of condenser and feed-water heater=, ills. and
des., 304, 305, 306

=Water “Ballast” pump=, des. and ills., 160
Barometer, how made, 31
cock, des., 347
contamination of, to be prevented, 375

=Weir Dam measurement=, des. and ills., 390

=Water, discharge per minute under given heads=; Table, 392
expansion of, by freezing, 381
Miner’s Inch, flow of, 388

=Waterhammer=, prevention of, ills. and des., 381

=Water heater=, noiseless, ills. and des., 265-266
meter, ills. and des., 329-332
to read the dial of a, ills., 332
Worthington, ills. and des., 330-332

=Water=, open stream measurement, 390
penetrating force of, under high pressure, 381
plunger, how packed, des. and ills., 383
pressure ejector, ills. and des., 266
pressure of column of; Table, 396
purifying of, 379
reducing valve, Mason, ills. and des., 351
relative velocity of, in large and small pipes, 378
velocity of, in discharge pipes, 378

=Water wheels=, Holyoke improved speed governors for, ills. and
des., 291-294
Turbine, ills., IV

=Water works=, mine drainage, adaptation of the turbine pump for, 233

=Wear of parts=, inspections necessary, 374

=Weather bureaus=, table of the average hourly velocity of wind in
the U. S., 183

=Weight of gases=, def., 26

=Well heads=, three styles of, des. and ills., 86-87

=Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.=, 75-H. P. induction motor, 241

=Wheeler Condenser and Engineering Co.=, referred to, 306

=Windmill governor=, ills. and des., 188
pump, des., 187
operation of, 187
rules for approximately determining the size of, 190
as a prime mover, 182

=Windmills=, note relating to, 183
the Corcoran, ills. and des., 184-186

=Windmill=, the power of, upon what it depends, 190

=Windmotors=, why so named, 187
power pumps ills. and des., 185, 192
power as a source of energy, 181

=Wind produced by gravitation=, 180
average velocity of, for the U. S., 182

=Wooden pipe=, note relating to, 364

=Wood propeller pump=, the, ills. and des., 172-174

=Working, improper=, to find cause of, 375

=Worthington centrifugal pumps= divided into Conoidal, Volute and
Turbine, des., 229
condensing apparatus, operation of, 307
duplex steam pump with receiver attached, ills. and des., 319
pressure pump, the, ills. and des., 154-155
turbine pump, ills. and des., 230
vertical beam vacuum pump, ills. and des., 44-45
water meter, ills. and des., 330-332
“wrecking” pump the, ills. and des., 157-159

=“Wrecking” pump=, ills. and des., 157-159

=Wrench=, def., 345
monkey, ills. and des., 344
interchangeable socket, ills. and des., 344
single-ended, double-ended, open-ended, box-wrench, des., 345
Trimo pipe, ills. and des., 343

=Zinc=, attacked strongly by sugar, 379

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End of Project Gutenberg's Pumps and Hydraulics - Part Two, by William Rogers