UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 
 
 Mechanical Engineering Dept. 
 
 AN EXTENSION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Dewey System of Indexing 
 
 ...FOR... 
 
 Technical Literature 
 
 As Arranged for the Students in the Mechanical 
 Engineering Department 
 
62 1 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. 
 
 M.E. .1 Steam Engineering. 
 
 .11 Mechanism of steam engine. Design of engine parts. 
 
 .111 Reciprocating parts. Design of — counterbalancing. 
 
 .112 Shafts and journals. Bearings. 
 
 .113 Fly wheels. Design of; construction of. 
 
 .114 Cylinder, bed, etc. 
 
 .115 Governors. 
 
 12 Marine Engines and Ship Propulsion. 
 
 .13 Locomotive Engines. 
 
 .131 Railway locomotives. 
 
 .1311 Descriptions of. 
 
 .1312 Designs of; construction. 
 
 .132 Light locomotives — mining, lumbering, etc. 
 
 .14 Traction Engines (agricultural, road rollers, etc.) 
 
 .15 Portable Engines. 
 
 .16 Stationary Engines. 
 
 .161 Plain slide valve. 
 
 .162 Automatic shaft governor engine. 
 
 .1621 Descriptions of. 
 
 .1622 Designs of. 
 
 .163 Releasing gear engine (Corliss, etc.) 
 
 .1631 Descriptions of. 
 
 .1632 Designs of. 
 
 .164 Multiple expansion engines. 
 
 .1641 Descriptions of. 
 
 .1642 Designs of. 
 
 .165 Steam turbines. 
 
 .166 Rotary engines. 
 
 .167 Hoisting engines, hauling engines, steam shovels, dredge 
 engines and other special types. 
 
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 .17 Steam Economy. 
 
 .171 Instruments and apparatus used in boiler and engine tests. 
 Indicators, counters, dynamometers, gauges, etc. 
 
 .172 Records and results of engine tests. 
 
 Measurement of power. 
 
 .173 Records and results of tests on miscellaneous steam 
 apparatus. 
 
 .174 Theory — Expansion, superheating, cylinder condension, 
 etc.; efficiency; engine friction. 
 
 .176 Special steam appliances. 
 
 .1761 Condensers. 
 
 .17611 Surface condensers. 
 
 .17612 Jet condensers. 
 
 .17613 Cooling towers. 
 
 .1762 Injectors and ejectors. 
 
 .178 Accidents, engine failures, fly wheel failures, boiler explo- 
 sions. 
 
 .179 Management of engines and boilers, engine-room, boiler- 
 room, etc. 
 
 .18 Steam Generation. Boilers. Furnaces. 
 
 .181 Steam boilers. 
 
 .1811 Marine steam boilers. Descriptions and designs of types. 
 .1812 Locomotive, traction and portable boilers. 
 
 .1813 Stationary internally fired. 
 
 .1814 Stationary externally fired. 
 
 .1815 Stationary water tube and sectional boilers. 
 
 .182 Boiler fittings, safety valves, water guages, cocks, man- 
 holes, etc. 
 
 .183 Furnace fittings. 
 
 .184 Mechanical stokers, coal and ash conveyers, oil feed appa- 
 ratus, burners, forced draft apparatus, etc. 
 
 .185 Construction of boilers. 
 
 .1851 Riveted joints. 
 
 .1852 Staying of boilers. 
 
 .1853 Governing proportions. 
 
 .1854 
 
 
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 .186 Steam transmission and distribution. 
 
 .1861 Theory of flow of steam, condensation, friction, etc. 
 
 .1862 Central station distribution. 
 
 Steam fittings, piping, valves, coverings, traps, steam- 
 loops, pressure regulators, packings, etc. 
 
 .187 Boiler economy. 
 
 .1871 Feed water heaters, purifiers, economizers, etc. 
 
 .1872 Inspection of boilers. 
 
 .1873 Incrustation and corrosion. 
 
 .1874 Wear and tear of boilers. 
 
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 Steam Heating. (See 697.) 
 
 M.E. .2 
 
 Water Engines or Motors. 
 
 .21 
 
 .22 
 
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 .24 
 
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 .26 
 
 .27 
 
 .28 
 
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 Water wheels. 
 
 Overshot and breast wheels. 
 
 Undershot wheels. 
 
 Turbines. 
 
 Water pressure engines. 
 
 Hydraulic presses. 
 
 Hydraulic ram. 
 
 Mill dam, sluices, etc. 
 
 M.E. .3 
 
 Electrical Engineering. 
 
 .31 
 
 .32 
 
 .33 
 
 .34 
 
 Dynamo machines. 
 
 Electric lighting. 
 
 Electric railways. 
 
 Transmission of electric force. 
 
 .35 
 
 .36 
 
 .37 
 
 .38 
 
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 Storage of electric force. 
 
 Application to driving machine tools. 
 
 Application to driving hoisting machinery. 
 
 M.E. .4 
 
 Air and Gas Engines and Other Motors. 
 
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 .42 
 
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 .45 
 
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 .47 
 
 .48 
 
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 Caloric engines. 
 
 Compressed air engines. 
 
 Ignited gas engines. 
 
 Binar} 7 vapor engines. 
 
 Wind mills. 
 
 Animal motors — tread mills. 
 
 Solar engines. 
 
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 .5 Air Compressors and Ice Machines. 
 
 .51 Dry air compressors. 
 
 .511 Descriptions of. 
 
 .512 Designs of. 
 
 .52 Wet air compressors. 
 
 .58 Compressed air transmission and distribution. 
 
 .531 Descriptions of transmissions. 
 
 .532 Details of transmission. — Piping, mains, gauges, etc. 
 
 Designs of transmissions. 
 
 .533 Records of tests on air compressors and transmissions. 
 
 .534 Theory of air compression (thermodynamics of). Loss of 
 pressure in pipes, etc. Efficiency of compressors; 
 reheating, etc. 
 
 .54 Refrigerating machines. 
 
 .541 Air refrigerating machine. 
 
 .542 Ammonia compression machines. 
 
 .543 Ammonia absorption machines. 
 
 .544 Sulphur dioxide machines. 
 
 .545 Theory of refrigeration. 
 
 .5451 Properties of refrigerating fluids: H N O 3 , S O 2 , etc. 
 
 .546 Tests of ice making and refrigerating machinery. 
 
 .6 Blowing and Pumping Engines. 
 
 .61 Piston blowers. 
 
 .62 Rotary blowers (Fans.) 
 
 .621 Description of. 
 
 .622 General theory and designs of. 
 
 .623 Record of tests of fans and blowers. 
 
 .63 Centrifugal blowers. 
 
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 .633 
 
 .64 Steam pumps and pumping engines. 
 
 .641 Description of. 
 
 .642 General theory and design. 
 
 .643 Records of tests of pumps and pumping engines. 
 
 .65 Piston pumps. 
 
 .66 Rotary pumps. 
 
 .67 Centrifugal pumps. 
 
 .671 Description of. 
 
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 .672 Theory and design of. 
 
 .673 Records of tests of. 
 
 .68 Fire engines. 
 
 .69 
 
 .7 Hills and Manufacturing Works. 
 
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 .8 Mill Work and Machinery of Transmission. 
 
 .81 Principles of mechanism. 
 
 .82 Journals, shafting, etc. 
 
 .821 Journals. 
 
 .822 Bearings. 
 
 .823 Line shafting. 
 
 .824 Heavy shafts, such as engine shafts. 
 
 .83 Toothed wheels. 
 
 .831 Forms of teeth, tooth curves, general theory. 
 
 .832 Design of gears. 
 
 .8321 Spur. 
 
 .8322 Bevel and skew bevel. 
 
 .8323 Worm and spiral. 
 
 .833 Efficiency of gears. Tests. Friction of gears. 
 .834 Construction — Cutting and casting of gears. 
 
 .84 Yalve motions aud gears. 
 
 .85 Machinery aud mill gearing. 
 
 .86 Hoisting and conveying machinery. 
 
 .87 Cranes and elevators. 
 
 .871 Rotary jib cranes. 
 
 .872 Travelling cranes. 
 
 .873 Hydraulic cranes. 
 
 .9 Machine Tools. 
 
 .91 Planing machines. 
 
 .911 Metal planers, shapers, and slotters. 
 
 .912 Wood planing machinery. 
 
 .92 Grinding and filing. 
 
 .921 Emery wheels. 
 
 .922 Cylinder and surface grinding machines. 
 (Lapping machines.) 
 
.93 Cutting and sawing. 
 
 .931 Metal sawing and cutting machinery. 
 
 .932 Wood sawing machinery. 
 
 .94 Turning and milling. 
 
 .941 Metal turning lathes. 
 
 .9411 Descriptions of. 
 
 .9412 Designs of. 
 
 .9413 
 
 .9414 
 
 .9415 
 
 .9416 
 
 .942 Wood turning lathes. 
 
 .943 Milling machinery. 
 
 .9431 Description of. 
 
 .9432 Milling methods. 
 
 .9433 
 
 .95 Perforating machinery. Drills. 
 
 .951 Drills. 
 
 .952 Drilling machinery. 
 
 .953 Wood boring machinery. 
 
 .954 Reamers. 
 
 .955 
 
 .96 Punching and shearing. 
 
 .93 Bending, straightening and shaping. 
 
 .981 Bending machinery. (Rolls, etc.) 
 
 .982 Straightening machinery. 
 
 .983 Flanging and die press machinery. 
 
 .99 Fastenings. — Bolts, rivets, screws. 
 
 622 HINING MACHINERY. 
 
 623 niLITARY AND NAVAL ENGINEERING. 
 
 624 BRIDGES AND ROOFS. 
 
 625 RAILROAD AND ROAD ENGINEERING. 
 
 626 CANAL ENGINEERING. 
 
 627 RIVER, HARBOR, AND GENERAL HYDRAULIC 
 
 ENGINEERING. 
 
 628 
 
 SANITARY ENGINEERING.