Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 916
18.202 knots per hour. The steam-pressure averaged 105 lbs. per square inch, and the vacuum 25^in. during the run. The French made 18.025 knots per hour, with a steam-pressure of 108 lbs. andvacuum 25 in. In February and March, 1877, the French Government made some experiments- at Cherbourg with … these boats in actual attack upon the Bayonnaise, an old wooden frigate. The method of workingthe torpedo spars adopted is shown in Fig. 4145, A representing the deck-line and B the centre-lineof the boat. The apparatus consisted of a steel pole about 40 ft. in length, having one end about 116 882…
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