pipe line several miles long and fed from a spring. The amount
of water varied considerably and was at times quite insufficient for the
load on the plant. Instead of meeting this condition with the best
apparatus possible, a chain of difficulties were added to it, with the
results given.

INDEX

Acceleration, rate of, 147

Adjustment, axial, 65
making, 66

Air-pump, examining, 163

Allis-Chalmers Co. steam turbine, 41

Auxiliaries, 2, 154
special, 165

Auxiliary plant for consumption test, 137
spring on governor dome, 28

Axial adjustment, 65

Baffler, 36
functions, 39

Bearings, main, 69

Blades, construction details, 44
inspecting, 104

Blading, Allis-Chalmers turbine, 48
Westinghouse-Parsons turbine, 59, 92

Blueprints, studying, 11

Buckets, moving, 14
stationary, 14

Bushings, 36

Carbon packing, 19
ring, 20

Central gravity oiling system, 111

Circulating pump fails to meet guarantee, 172

Clearance, 15, 150
adjusting, 18
between moving and stationary buckets, 4
gages, 17
measuring, 18
radial, 63

Comma lashing, 95

Condensers, 108, 131
jet, 154

Conditions for successful operation, 105

Cooling water supply limited, 177

Coupling, 127

Cover-plate, 4
-plate, lowering, 9

Curtis turbine, 11
turbine in practice, 1
setting valves, 31, 32

De Laval turbines, 118

Draining system, 105

Dummy leakage, 115
pistons, 63, 65
rings, 43, 113, 114

Equalizing pipes, 64

Exhaust end of turbine, 107
pipe, 107

Expanding nozzles, 14

Feed-pipes, 164

Flow, rate, 38

Foundation drawings, 2
rings, 44, 46

Fourth-stage wheel, 14

Franklin, Thomas, 112, 137, 154

Gages, calibrating and adjusting, 169
clearance, 17
for test work, 165

Generator, 53

Glands, examination for scale, 104
packing, 71, 77
regulation, 148

Governor, Allis-Chalmers turbine, 48
Curtis turbine, 27, 31
improved, Westinghouse-Parsons turbine, 83
-rods, adjusting, 35
safety-stop, 86
Westinghouse-Parsons turbine, 80

Grinding, 38

Guide-bearing, lower, 9

Gump, Walter B., 172

Holly draining system, 106

Horseshoe shim, 8

Hot-well regulation, 148

Inspection, 103

Intermediate, 14

Jacking ring, 8

Jet condenser, 154

Johnson, Fred L., 1, 31

Leakage, 118

Load variation, 144

Lower guide-bearing, 9

Lubrication, 51

Measuring tanks, 171

Mechanical valve-gear, 3