WorksheetsSteam chapter 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
