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The spelling, punctuation and hyphenation are as the original except for apparent typographical errors, which have been corrected.
Italic text is denoted _thus_. Bold text is denoted =thus=. Bold, sans serif text, representing physical appearance e.g., of a ‘Tee’ shaped wrench is denoted thus ^T^.
Both ‘gauge’ and ‘gage’ appear in the text and have not been changed.
FIG. 454. is used twice in the original book, the 2nd occurrence has been renamed FIG. 454A.
FIG. 551 was omitted from the original sequence of illustrations.
Units of pressure, e.g., ‘pounds’ and ‘lbs.’ should be ‘pounds per square inch’ and ‘lbs. per square inch’ respectively, for completeness. This is left as printed in the original book.
HAND PUMPS; POWER PUMPS; PARTS OF PUMPS; ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN PUMPS; STEAM PUMPS, SINGLE, DUPLEX AND COMPOUND; PUMPING ENGINES, HIGH DUTY AND TRIPLE EXPANSION; THE STEAM FIRE ENGINE; UNDERWRITERS’ PUMPS; MINING PUMPS; AIR AND VACUUM PUMPS; COMPRESSORS; CENTRIFUGAL AND ROTARY PUMPS; THE PULSOMETER; JET PUMPS AND THE INJECTOR; UTILITIES AND ACCESSORIES; VALVE SETTING; MANAGEMENT; CALCULATIONS, RULES AND TABLES.
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS; GLOSSARY OF PUMP TERMS; HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS; THE ELEMENTS OF HYDRO-MECHANICS, HYDROSTATICS AND PNEUMATICS; GRAVITY AND FRICTION; HYDRAULIC MEMORANDA; LAWS GOVERNING FLUIDS; WATER PRESSURE MACHINES; PUMPS AS HYDRAULIC MACHINES, ETC.
7, IMPERIAL ARCADE, LUDGATE CIRCUS, E.C., LONDON, ENG.
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The divisions of Part Two are represented by the following headings: each subject is fully treated and illustrated on the pages shown:
The owner of a great tannery had once an improvement in making leather proposed to him by a foreman, but the merchant could not comprehend it even with the most earnest verbal explanation. As a last resort he said, “put it in writing so that I can study it out.” This was done and the change after an examination of the paper was made as advised. So in these volumes much important information is written and printed that it may be “studied out.”