Transactions of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Volume X)

Transactions of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Volume X)

THE opening session of the XVIIIth meeting (also the Ninth Annual Meeting) was called to order in the Hall of the Y. M. C. A. of Scranton, a.t 8 o'clock, on the evening of Monday, October 15th, 1888.

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Table of Contents:

COVER

OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CCCXI - PROCEEDINGS OF THE SCRANTON MEETING

CCCXII - THE STRAINS IN AN ANNULAR LID RESISTING INTERNAL PRESSURE

CCCXIII - ON THE USE OF COMPOUND ENGINES FOR MANUFACTURING PURPOSES, THE RELATIVE AREAS OF THE CYLINDRES, AND THE REGULATION PRESSURE IN RECIVER

CCCXIV - A FOUNDRY CUPOLA EXPERIENCE

CCCXV - ELECTRIC WELDING

CCCXVI - ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF INTERNAL FRICTION OF ENGINES

CCCXVII - ON VARIABLE LOAD, INTERNAL FRICTION, AND ENGINE SPEED AND WORK

CCCXVIII - SOME TESTS OF THE STRENGHT OF CAST IRON MADE IN THE LABORATORY OF APPLIED MECHANICS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TEHNOLOGY

CCCXIX - THE COST OF POWER IN NON-CONDENSING STEAM ENGINES

CCCXX - AN IMPROVED METHOD FOR FINDING THE DIAMETERS OF CONE AND STEP PULLEYS

CCCXXI - AN ACCOUNT OF CERTAIN EXPERIMENTS UPON SEVERAL METHODS OF COUNTERBALANCING THE ACTION OF THE RECIPROCATING PARTS OF A LOCOMOTIVE

CCCXXII - FLOW OF STEAM IN A TUBE

CCCXXIII - A SIMPLE CALORIMETER

CCCXXIV - A SYSTEM OF WORM GEARING OF DIAMETRAL PITCH

CCCXXV - THE MECHANICS OF THE INJECTOR

CCCXXVI - ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF DRY STEAM

CCCXXVII - ON THE FRICTION OF PISTON PACKING RINGS STEAM CYLINDERS

CCCXXVIII - "OVERHAULING" OF A MECHANICAL POWER

CCCXXIX - TOPICAL DISCUSSIONS AND INTERCHANGE OF DATA

CCCXXX - PROCEEDINGS OF THE ERIE MEETING

CCCXXXI - PRESIDENT'S ADRESS

CCCXXXII - COMPARATIVE COST OF STEAM AND WATER POWER

CCCXXXIII - THE OLD LOCOMOTIVE "SAMPSON"

CCCXXXV - CORNISH OR DOUBLE-BEAT PUMP VALVES

CCCXXXVI - EXPANSION OF TIMBER DUE TO THE ABSORPTION OF WATER

CCCXXXVII - STANDARDS

CCCXXXVIII - CYLINDER RATIOS OF TRIPLE-EXPANSION ENGINE

IMPROVED MOTION DEVICE FOR ENGINE INDICATORS

CCCXL - THE PIPING OF STEEL INGOTS

CCCXLI - GAIN SHARING

CCCXLII - SOME PROPERTIES OF AMMONIA

CCCXLIII - SOME PROPERTIES OF VAPORS AND VAPOR ENGINES

CCCXLIV - FORMULAS FOR SATURATED AND SUPERHEATED VAPORS

CCCXLV - NOTE ON THE STEAM TURBINE

CCCXLVI - THE DISTRIBUTION OF STEAM IN THE STRONG LOCOMOTIVE

CCCXLVII - BITS OF ENGINE-ROOM EXPERIENCE

CCCXLVIII - ON THE LONGITUDINAL RIVETED JOINTS OF STEAM-BOILER SHELLS

CCCXLIX - STEAM CONSUMPTION OF ENGINES AT VARIOUS SPEEDS

CCCL - THE USE OF CRUDE PETROLEUM IN STEAM-BOILERS

CCCLI - TRACTIVE FORCE OF LEATHER BELTSON PULLEY FACES

CCCLII - AN ERROR IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA

CCCLIII - PERFORMANCE OF A THIRTY-FIVE TON REFRIGERATING MACHINE OF THE AMMONIA ABSORPTION TYPE

CCCLIV - TOPICAL DISCUSSIONS AND INTERCHANGE OF DATA

CCCLV - MEMORIAL NOTICES OF MEMBERS DECEASED DURING THE YEAR

CCCLVI - APPENDIX II

GENERAL INDEX

GENERAL CONTENTS