Steel to Stub End

A compound of iron and carbon in which the proportion of combined carbon does not exceed 1.5 per cent. When below 0.5 it is know as "mild steel."

The breaking strain in pounds of a bar of metal of one inch area of cross section when pulled apart in a testing machine.

A screw propeller so arranged that it may be swung through a limited range about a vertical axis, thus altering the direction of the thrust in reference to the centre line of the hull.

An English term for fire room.

An English term for a fireman.

The valve in a steam pipe close to the boiler by which the passage may be closed or opened.

One through which fluid passes without its direction being changed.

A flat band used to bind various loose parts securely together. Connecting Rod Strap is a U-shaped piece over the end of the rod which holds the brass boxes about the pins and to the rod.

The distance the piston travels in moving from one end of the cylinder to the other.

(See Standing Bolt.)

The cavity in a cylinder head in which packing is confined about the piston rod to prevent leakage.

The crank pin end of a connecting rod in which the brasses are held in place by a U-shaped strap, gib and key.