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Demurrage, on domestic shipments, 336

on lighters, 356

Derailing devices; styles, and quotation
reminder, 192

Derrick lighters, 375

Derricks, and derrick irons, quotation
reminder, 192

ships', capacities of, 375, 390
Designing and drafting systems, general,
54

for export shipment, 347, 373
office, efficiency principles in, 54
Designs, and estimates, information to

be supplied for obtaining, 30-53
See, also, installation in question.
engineering, inspection of, 312
outlines for, 55-80

Detail drawings, approval of, 313
checking, 80-86

Dewey decimal system, 416-419

engineering and architectural ex-

tension, 419

for computation indexing, 490,
"form division" feature, 410, 418,
443

Diagrams of procedure, domestic ship-
ping, 329

export shipping, 348-351

Diamond drilling machines and methods,
2, 3, 12

Diemer, Hugo; "Factory Organization
and Administration," 400

Digger, post-hole, 2

Direct-connected engines, or generators.
See Engines or Generators.

Direct costs. See Costs.

Direct subject system of correspondence
filing, 435

Discharges from weir, table of, 29

Dished heads for boilers and tanks.

See

Heads.

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Drawing office, engine schedule for, 396
progress chart for, 392

stamps, miscellaneous, 505-508
systems and methods (Chap. XII),
458-508

Drawings; approving, 80, 313

card index for. See Card index.
checking building anchor bolt plan,
81

engineers' in general, 80
machinery drawings, 80
str. steel beam details, 82
column details, 84
floor plan, 82

plate-girder details, 85
roof-truss details, 84

See, also, design in question.
cross-indexing, 472

filing and finding requirements, 458
inspection of detail drawings, 313
engineering designs, 312

numbering and filing original trac-
ings, 459-472

by size, 463, 465, 470

Class and sheet number" sys-

tem, 459

"combination" method, 469
"Consecutive number" system,
461

in structural steel offices, 476
"Job and sheet number" system,
462

method of the Am. Loco. Co.,
464

"sub-numbering" system, 466
numbering, filing and indexing "out-
siders'" blueprints, choice of
methods, 468, 478
combination method, 469
on office-record print, 483

with correspondence, 468

numbering, indexing and filing, 458–

473

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'Efficiency" of old steel bridge, 78

Ejectors, quotation reminder, 182

Electric conduit, schedule of material for,
79

generators. See Generators.
installations, schedule of material for,
78

motors. See Motors.

plants, obtaining design and esti-
mates on, 38

starting and regulating devices, 147,
148

switchboards. See Switchboard.
wiring, schedule of material for, 79,
80

Electrical apparatus; second-hand, in-
specting and testing, 321
contractor, cooperation of engine
builder with, 111, 113

engineering, abbreviations, 513
material, new, inspecting and testing,

320

Elevated tanks. See Tanks.

Elevating machinery, conveying and;
inspecting, 322

Elevator, bucket; quotation reminder,

185

freight or passenger; furnished with
building, 36

specification for, 130

"Empire" prospecting drill, 5

"Engineering as a Vocation," Ernest
McCullough, 514

"Engineering Contracts and Specifica-
tions," Johnson, 118, 219

"Engineering Estimates, Costs, and
Accounts," by "A General
Manager," 236, 238

Engineering, a system of the branches of,
448-457

costs, in machinery estimating, 240
office, catalogue filing system for,
494

schedule for maintenance of
records in, 407

projects, collection of preliminary
data for (Chap. I), 1-53
services on export work, a contract
form for, 517

structures, failures of; classification
of causes, 86

Engineer's check schedule for design
drawings, 80

machinery drawings, 80

Engineers', consulting; fees of, 514, 516
Engines, gas, gasolene, alcohol, etc.;
inspecting, 315, 317

quotation reminder, 161
second-hand, inspecting and test-
ing, 317

hoisting. See Hoisting engine.
steam; high-speed, outline of specifi-
cation for, 111

inspecting and testing, large, 316
small, 315

medium speed or large, outline of
specification for, 109

methods of stating power of, 134
packing for domestic shipment,
343

export, 377, 381, 387, 388
second-hand, inspecting and test-
ing, 315

throttling, quotation reminder,

133

Erection in foreign countries, 348
marks. See Marks.

tools, abbreviations used for, 513

Erector, structural steel, contract form
for, 522

Estimates, construction. See Estimat-
ing, construction.

detail and summary sheets for com-

piling, 232-234, 249, 251-254
filing, indexing and recording;
schedule for, 407

indexing by "client" and "subject,"

231
information

to be supplied for
obtaining, 30-53
progress chart or schedule for, 234
record book of, 231

structural steel reminder schedules,
257-273

"subject" and "client" index for,
231

summary reminder for, 235
Estimating, construction, 273-291
a system of, 284

itemized cost form, 289

quantity form, 288

"scheme of operation" diagram,
285

sub-contractors' bids, forms for,
290

summary of work form, 286
cost keeping and, 228-291

finishing iron work, 253

machine; detail sheets, 249

practical notes on, 248

summary sheets for, 247

unit weights of substances, 249
manufacturing, 235-250

formula for, 239

structural steel, a method of, 250-

255

detail notes on, 255

detail sheets, 251
summary sheets, 253

system for a jobbing shop, 240-248
an engineering office, 230

Evans, Holden A., "Cost Keeping and
Scientific Management," 236
Exciter, electric generator; quotation
reminder, 147

See, also, Generator, belted.
Expanded metal. See Reinforcing metal.
Expenses, direct and indirect, in manu-

facturing shops; notes on, 237
"Experimental Engineering," Carpenter

and Diederichs', 28, 292, 308, 317

Export, freight rates. See Freight rates.
inspecting material for, 315

packing for. See Packing, and
article in question.

requirements affecting bridges, 33
shipping. See Shipping, export.
work, contract form for engineering
services on, 517

Factory, buildings. See Buildings.

cane-sugar, obtaining design and
estimate on, 51

"Factory Organization and Administra-
tion," Hugo Diemer, 400
Factory site, choice of; points to be con-
sidered, 52

Failures of engineering structures, classi-
fication of causes, 86

Fans, quotation reminder for, 158
See, also, Blowers.

"F.A.S." definition, 212

Feed water heaters, quotation reminder, 143
Fees, consulting engineers', 514

schedule of, for engineering services,
515

Field books; filing and indexing, 408
connections for mill buildings, 98
Filing and indexing; all records under a
uniform system, 409

catalogues. See Catalogue filing.
correspondence. See Correspondence.
drawings. See Drawings.

self-, 413

systems and appliances, for the
engineering office (Chap. XI),
407-457

technical information, 441, 445

Filing schedule for correspondence, draw-
ings, etc., 407

"Filling-in pieces," of pipe, 123

Finish, allowance for, in machine esti-
mating, 248

Finished material, inspecting and testing,
314-328

"Finishing work" for mill buildings;
estimating, 253

reminders for, 56, 97, 104, 105
Firebrick; packing for export shipment,
387-390

shapes, tables of circles, ordering,
etc., 205-208

Fireclay; amount required, ordering, etc.,
208

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Fireclay, packing for export shipment,

390

Fittings for engines, boilers, etc. See

installation in question.
Fittings, pipe; specifications for, 122, 125
types and weights, 67

Flanges, pipe, specifications for, 122,

125

Floor-framing plan, steel; checking, 82
Floor-loads, information required, 35
See, also, Loads.

Floors for bridges; caution on ordering
lumber, 211

ordering lumber for, 210

solid, estimate reminder, 272

steel, estimate reminders, 268, 269,
271, 272

Floors, types for factories, 35
Flue holes in boiler heads, ordering, 199
Flywheels, packing for export, 378, 387
"F.O.B.," definition, 212

Following-up methods and systems, 225,
351, 440

orders for export shipment, 351
Ford, Bacon and Davis, 469
Forgings, allowance for finish, 249

inspecting and testing, 310

Form divisions of the decimal system,
410, 418, 443, 449

Formula for construction cost-keeping
and estimating, 274

manufacturing cost-keeping and esti-
mating, 239

Foster, W. C., "Treatise on Wooden
Bridges," 327

Foundation testing; back-filling for, 22
for bridges, 15-18, 32
for vibrating loads, 24
general observations on, 1
graphical records, 23

importance of, on smaller work, 1
interpretation of tests, 17, 21
qualitative methods, 1-18
quantitative methods, 18-25

Foundations; calculation and design, 59,
60, 62

for steel buildings, estimate re-
minders, 257, 263

outline for design, for machinery, 62

mill buildings, 59
office buildings, 60
types of 32, 59, 60, 62

Foundry cupola. See Cupola, foundry.

Framing, steel, estimate reminders for
a mill building, 263-266

an office building, 257-260

a theatre building, 260-263
Free lighterage, 355

Freight bill, for domestic shipments,
330, 336

charges, resultant to be a minimum,

52

classifications, rates and rules, 337
rates, export, 356-358

comparative tariff, N. Y. H. to
Cuba, 357

"cubic-foot" rule, 356, 358, 476
Frogs, railroad; number of, description,
etc., 189

quotation reminder, 188

Fuel, obtaining information on, 53

economizer, quotation reminder, 145
oil, etc.; sampling for analysis, 299

Gas engines. See Engines.
Gaskets, pipe; styles, 122, 125
Gasolene engines. See Engines.
Gas producers, quotation reminder,
162

Gap lathes, nominal size and capacity,
173
Gatun Locks,

use of "clock-chart"
method of indicating work done,
405

Gauging, stream. See Stream gauging.
Gearing, spur; design of, 70 .
General expense charges, 238, 240
"General Manager, A" (author of)
"Engineering Estimates, Costs
and Accounts," 236, 238

Generators, electric; armature to be
pressed on engine shaft, 113
belted, quotation reminder, 146
direct-connected,
quotation re-

minder, 112

packing for export shipment, 381
schedule of material for, 79, 80
Geographical system of correspondence
filing, 437

Geological conditions to be reported,
32, 40, 42, 44, 47

displacements at dam sites, 2
Gillette and Dana's "Cost Keeping and
Management Engineering," 276,

287

Gillette's "Handbook of Cost Data," 4

Girders, beam; checking details, 83

plate; checking details of railroad, 85
estimate reminders for railroad,
270, 271

ordering material for, 195
shipping on flat cars, 344–346

steamships, 375, 376, 389
weights of details, 256

Glasgow Iron Co., 197

Glass, packing for export shipment, 390
Globe-Wernicke Co., 430
Godfrey, Edward, 292
Goodenough, G. A., 416, 419

Green Fuel Economizer Co., 146
Gregory, John H., 490

Grillage, checking detail of, 81
design of, 61

estimate reminder for, 257

ordering beams for, 195

Guard rails, railroad; quotation reminder,

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