Excerpt from The Power Catechism: Correct Answers to Direct Questions Covering the Main Principles of Steam Engineering and the Transmission of Power, Compiled From the Regular Monthly Issues of "Power," Intended for Special Assistance in Preparation for Examinations or Where Direct Infor Feed Pipes - Top Feed - Muddy Water - Spray Plates - Size of feed-pipes - blow-offs - Re-enforcing Shell - Protecting Sleeve - Bends - Location of Steam Nozzle - Sediment - Use of Compounds - blow-ofl' Cocks - Stop and Check Valves gage-glass and try-cocks - Marine Law regarding Gages and Gage-cocks - Connection to Boiler - Steam Gages - Gage Connection to Boiler - Fusible and Washout Plugs - Marine Law relating to Plugs - Low Water - safety-valves - Steam and Feed Pipes - Man and hand-holes - Reinforcing steam-domes - Location and Connection of safety-valve Discharge Pipe from safety-valve. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.