The History of North Atlantic steam navigation with some account of early ships and shipowners (1896)
Fry, Henry · New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 112
ing shaft, or upon anything occurring which would result in the racing of the screw beyond, say, 130 revolutions per minute,the governor will act upon the reversing gear, place the eccentriclinks into mid-gear, and thus stop the engines and prevent such an.accident as befell the City of Paris. It… … THE CUNARD LINE AND ITS COMPETITORS. 93 These gigantic engines are started and reversed by steam ; acylinder in which a piston and rod by one stroke handles thelinks through which the machinery is put in motion. Their heightfrom the base to the top of the cylinders is no less than 47 feet.Steam is…
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