Chapter CXXIII: Section 44: INDICATING SPEEDS, &c
(_See also p. 100._)
=Indicators= are employed--
To register the entry and exit of workmen to or from a factory;
To register speeds and variation of load, steam pressure, &c., on an
engine;
To register wind pressure, barometric variations--rainfall, sunshine,
&c.;
To register periodical visits of a watchman or other official, and the
hours of such visits;
To register visits to a bank safe.
=2211. Indicator to register the flow of water= by its speed and pressure against a floating ball, which actuates a pencil moving vertically against a paper cylinder which is kept revolving slowly by clockwork.
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The engineer's sketch-book of mechanical movements, devices, appliances, contrivances and details employed in the design and construction of machinery for every purposeChapter CXXIII: Section 44: INDICATING SPEEDS, &c
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