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Steam chapter 1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

1

b)

100

c)

1000

d)

1776

2.

What year was the Franklin stove invented?

a)

1733

b)

1742

c)

1767

d)

1776

3.

Who figured out the formula for horsepower?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

James Watt

c)

John Savery

d)

Edward Somerset

4.

Can you create steam in a vacuum?

a)

Yes

b)

No

5.

When was the first evidence of central heating?

a)

2500 BC

b)

1000 AD

c)

314 BC

d)

1643 AD

6.

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

a)

Harvard University

b)

Massachusetts medical college

c)

Yale University

d)

Empire State Building

7.

When was the first steam engine and boiler envisioned?

a)

120 BC

b)

316 AD

c)

1643 AD

d)

1712 AD

8.

In a fire tube boiler what is in the tubes?

a)

Water

b)

Fire

c)

Fuel

d)

Insulation

9.

When did Babcock Wilcox patent their first water tube boiler?

a)

1845

b)

1867

c)

1891

d)

1907

10.

Who invented the first reciprocating steam engine?

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Nikola Tesla

d)

James Watt