Steam chapter 1

How many btus does it take to raise 1 pound of water 1 degree Fahrenheit?

• 1

• 100

• 1000

• 1776

What year was the Franklin stove invented?

• 1733

• 1742

• 1767

• 1776

Who figured out the formula for horsepower?

• Thomas Edison

• James Watt

• John Savery

• Edward Somerset

Can you create steam in a vacuum?

• Yes

• No

When was the first evidence of central heating?

• 2500 BC

• 1000 AD

• 314 BC

• 1643 AD

What was the first centrally heated building in the United States?

• Harvard University

• Massachusetts medical college

• Yale University

• Empire State Building

When was the first steam engine and boiler envisioned?

• 120 BC

• 316 AD

• 1643 AD

• 1712 AD

In a fire tube boiler what is in the tubes?

• Water

• Fire

• Fuel

• Insulation

When did Babcock Wilcox patent their first water tube boiler?

• 1845

• 1867

• 1891

• 1907

Who invented the first reciprocating steam engine?

• Thomas Edison

• Thomas Jefferson

• Nikola Tesla

• James Watt