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Scientific American, Vol. 85, No. 6 (1901) (1901)

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ars ago, and in the the pressure in the stokehole being equal to one inch tration. In addition, there are auxiliary air pumps interim they have applied them with the greatest suc- of water. The new vessel is considerably faster than cess as a steam-drive for. electrical generators. At any of the… … tained a mean speed of drical and is covered 36.58 knots an hour dur- with silk, its extremi- ing a one-hour trial ties being pointed. It under English Admiralty conditions of weights and ble-ended, of the return-tube type, with four furnaces is 111 feet long, and its cubical capacity is 19,300 at…

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