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INDEX,
Equivalent of heat, redetermination of tlie luecliauical,
153.
Eruption of Krakatoa, the, 107.
Essays on air, the Hodgkins fund, 105.
Europe, boiler explosions in, 107.
Examples. — See Froblems.
Excavation of soil, proper time for, 123,
Exhibition.— SeeWoiid's Fair.
Expanding tool, accident from the inii)roper u.se of,
*49.
Expanding tools for tubes, *131.
Explosion, interesting information elicited by an,
155.
of a steam mangle, 157.
boiler, in Towanda, 167.
of a boiler in Japan, 154, l(it5.
made her think baby had fallen out of
bed, 1H3.
of a boiler, described by a witness, *187.
of a boiler on the OWoer Ellsworth, 77.
boiler, on the Frank Silva, 185.
of a tug boiler on Lake Doga, Russia,
184.
a disastrous boiler, *177.
of the boiler of a toy yacht, 57.
Explosions, boiler, in England,'89, 172.
intentionally produced, 123.
in Europe. 107.
P. R. R. Cos.' experimental, 190.
horrible newspaper accounts of,
154.
Explosions. See also Boiler Explosions, and Accidents.
Exposition.— See World's Fair.
Extension furnaces for upright boilers, *81.
Extractors, grease, *97.
Fair, the World's, 58, 106, 107, 150, 155, 156, 186.
Fatigue of metals, 186.
Feedpipe, failure of a check-valve in a, *145.
Feedpipes, arrangement oi', *1.
Feed-water, cold, on the strains caused by, 42, 161.
Feed-waters, comparative costs of, 75, 103.
Ferris wheel, the, 156.
Ferry, Mr. A. S., death of, 74.
Fireman, heroism of a, 42,
Plared tubes, *133.
Flues, connection of, to stacks, *116.
Furnaces, extension, for upright boilers, *81.
Gauge, steam, " would admit of 240 pounds," 1.55.
General agents, changes in, etc., 42, 74.
Grates, setting them too near the boiler, 40.
Grease in boilers, trouble from, 40.
extractors, *97.
Grifiiths's redetermination of the mechanical equivaof
heat. 153.
Hartford Steam Boiler Insp. & Ins. Co., extract
concerning the, from the Deutsche Correspondent,
14.
Heads, boiler, on the bracing of. *129.
stamps on, 87.
Health. Board of, on proper time for disturbing soil,
123.
Heat, redetermination of the mechanical equivalent
of, 153.
Heaters, open, trouble from, 40. «
Helium meteorite, the, 88.
Heroism I's. reckles.sness. 42.
Hodgkin's fund prize essays on air, 105.
Holding power of tubes, *133.
Howard, Mr. J. E.. on the deterioration of rails, 186.
Imagination, efl'ects of the, 45.
Industry, the tin plate, 103.
Inspector, notes from an. 40.
description of an explosion by an. *187.
" Inspector ready for work," note concerning a cut
of an, 90.
Inspectors' reports, 7, 20, 36, 51, 100, 121, 146,
164, 180.
annual summary of. 21.
work since 1870, summary of, 46.
Insurance companies, boiler, existence of a field for,
77.
Inventions, hoiv to make (notices of), 89, 191.
Inventor, the American, 91.
Iron, eti'ect of temperature on the strength of, *17.
exhaustion of "toughness'' in, 186.
casting, the first in America, 90.
pig, production of, in 1892, 88.
puritiration of water by, 122.
stacks, '*113.
corrosion of, 170. —
Janssen, M., and the Mont Blanc observatory, 153.
Japan, boiler explosion in, 154, 166.
Jillson, Mr. Asa W., death of, 107.
"John Bull" train, the, 150.
Joints, dangers of calking them underpressure, 155.
lap, ott-set of, *162.
Kettle, iron, the first casting in America, 90.
Koch, Dr. Robert. 30.
Krakatoa, tlie eruption in, 167.
Lap joints, ort-.set of, *162.
Laundry, ex))losi(m in a. 157.
Lauterbach, Mr. John W., death of, 168.
Leak stopped l)y the editor's moustache, 167.
Leaky .joints, danger of calking under pressure, 155.
blow-ott's, 41.
Leideufrost's phenomenon, 54.
Lemon. Mr. H. M., appointment of, 42, 74.
Lesson in reading, the small boy's. 27.
Lever " safety " valve, a dangerous, *33.
Lexell's lost comet, 12.
Locomotive, The, indexes and bound volumes, 12,
184.
Locomotive smoke and spark-consuming device, a,
*60.
the "John Bull," 150.
Locomotives, early, 124.
Loudest noise ever heard, 167.
Lucania. the, 184.
Lymph, Dr. Koch 'a, 30.
Mangle, explosion of a steam, 157.
Manholes, the iniiiortance of, 28.
under t\.bes, 40, 90.
in domes, reinforcement, of *65.
Manly, Mr. R. F.. his change in address, 42.
Maryland, the retaliatory law in, 14.
Mechanic, the American, 90.
Mechanical equivalent of heat, redetermination of,
153.
Metals, the fatigue of, 186.
Meteorite, the helluni, 88.
Mexico, the Bunker Hill of. 126.
Mont Blanc observatory, the, 153.
Moustache, Editor Jackson's. 167.
Napoleon as a fatalist, 1 20.
Nethe, purification of the water of the river, 122.
Newspaper accounts of explosions, horrible, 154.
Noise, the loudest ever heard, 167.
Notes from an inspector, 40.
Obiluarv, Mr. A. S. Ferrv, 74.
Mr. H. D. P. B'igelow, 74, 90.
Mr. Joseph Bee, 88.
Mr. Asa W. Jillson, 107.
Mr John W. Lauterbach, 168.
Professor John Tyndall, 186.
Observatory, the Mont Blanc, 153.
Ocean steamship records, 184.
Otf-set of lai> Joints, *162.
Oil separators, *97.
trouble from, in boilers. 40.
Oliver Ellsivorth, explosion on the, 77.
Openings in the heads of boilers under the tubes,
advantages of, 40.
Openings. — See also Manholes.
Overhanging fronts, connection of iron stacks with,
*118'.
Oxalic acid in blue-print work, 58.
Paris, tlie City of, 184.
Patents. — See Inventor.
Pennsylvania R. R. Go's exhibit at the World's Fair,
experiments with red-hot
furnace crowns, 190.
Phenomenon, Leidenfrost's, 54.
Phillips, Capt. W. A., on the Frank Silva's explosion,
185.
Photographs, possibility of sending them by telegraph,
46.