Blowing off supersalted water from marine boilers. 
Blowing off, estimate of heat lost by,
  mode of. 
Blow through valve, description of. 
Blowing furnaces, power necessary for. 
Bodies, falling, laws of. 
Bodmer, expansion valve by. 
Boilers, general description of:  the wagon boiler,
  the Cornish boiler;
  the marine flue boiler;
  the marine tubular boiler;
  locomotive boiler—­see Locomotives. 
Boilers proportions of:  heating surface of,
  fire grate, surface of;
  consumption of fuel on each square foot of fire bars in wagon,
    Cornish, and locomotive boilers;
  calorimmeter and vent of boilers;
  comparison of proportions of wagon, flue, and tubular boilers;
  evaporative power of boilers;
  power generated by evaporation of a cubic foot of water;
  proper proportions of modern marine boilers both flue and tubular;
  modern locomotive boilers;
  exhaustion produced by blast in locomotives;
  increased evaporation from increased exhaustion;
  strength of boilers;
  experiments on, by Franklin Institute;
  by Mr. Fairbairn;
  mode of computing strength of boilers;
  staying of. 
Boilers, marine, prevented from salting by blowing off,
  early locomotive and contemporaneous marine boilers compared;
  chimneys of land;
  rules for proportions of chimneys;
  chimneys of marine boilers. 
Boilers, constructive details of:  riveting and caulking of land boilers,
  proving of;
  seams payed with mixture of whiting and linseed oil;
  setting of wagon boilers;
  riveting of marine boilers;
  precautions respecting angle iron;
  how to punch the rivet holes and shear edges of plates;
  setting of marine boilers in wooden vessels;
  mastic cement for setting marine boilers;
  composition of mastic cement;
  best length of furnace;
  configuration of furnace bars;
  advantages and construction of furnace bridges;
  various forms of dampers;
  precautions against injury to boilers from intense heat;
  tubing of boilers;
  proper mode of staying tube plates;
  proper mode of constructing steamboat chimneys;
  waste steam-pipe and funnel casing;
  telescope chimneys;
  formation of scale in marine boilers;
  injury of such incrustations;
  amount of salt in sea water;
  saltness permissible in boilers;
  amount of heat lost by blowing off;
  mode of discharging the supersalted water;
  Lamb’s scale preventer;
  internal corrosion of marine boilers;
  causes of internal corrosion;
  surcharged steam produced from salt water;
  stop valves between boilers;
  safety or escape valve on feed pipe;
  locomotive boilers consist of the fire box, barrel for
    holding tubes, and smoke box;
  dimensions of the barrel and thickness of plates;
  mode of staying fire box and furnace crown;