Aids to Engineers' Examinations: Prepared for Applicants of All Grades, with Questions and Answers. A Summary of the Principles and Practice of Steam EngineeringA summary of the principles and practice of steam engineering. |
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Page 20 - is not irksome. It carries its own reward, and the results are definite and sure. " One step and then another. And the longest walk is ended ; One stitch and then another. And the largest rent is mended. One brick upon another. And the highest wall is made ; One flake upon another, And the deepest
Page 178 - on conviction thereof be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars nor more than twenty dollars for the first offense, and not less than twenty dollars nor more than fifty dollars for the second
Page 148 - The denominator of a decimal being always known to consist of a unit, with as many ciphers annexed as the numerator has places, is never expressed, being understood to be 10, 100, 1000, &c., according as the numerator consists of 1, 2, 3,
Page 150 - Rule.—Place the numbers directly under each other, according to their several values, as in addition; then subtract as in whole numbers, and point off the decimals, as in the last rule. Example.—Subtract
Page 168 - engineer, he must personally appear before some local board or a supervising inspector for examination; but upon the renewal of such license, when the distance from any local board or supervising inspector is such as to put the person holding the same to great inconvenience and expense to appear in person, he may, upon taking the oath of office
Page 149 - is to separate the decimal from the whole numbers. The first figure on the right of the decimal point is in the place of tenths, the second in the place of hundredths, the third in the place of thousandths, &c., always decreasing from the left towards the right in a tenfold ratio, as in the following TABLE.
Page 216 - THIS work Is an important aid to engineers of all grades, and is undoubtedly the most helpful ever issued relating to a safe and sure preparation for examination. It presents in a condensed form the most approved practice in the care and management of Steam Boilers, Engines. Pumps, Electrical and Refrigerating Machines,
Page xi - Section 1. Section three hundred and twelve of chapter four hundred and ten of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-two is hereby amended so as to read
Page 147 - signifies that 100 cents are equal to one dollar. — Minus, or Less. The sign of subtraction; as 8—2=6; that is, 8 less 2, is equal to 6. + Plus, or More. The sign of addition; as 4+5=9; that is, 4, added to 5, is equal to 9. X
Page 154 - Given the first term, the common difference, and the number of terms, to find the last term. Example.—What is the 20th term of the arithmetical