A history of the growth of the steam-engine (1878)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 315
ew-fleets. The Collins Line existedbut a very few years, and its failure was probably deter-mined as much by the evident and inevitable success ofscrew-propulsion as by the diificulty of securing ample cap-ital, complete organization, and efiicient general manage-13 290 THE MODERN STEAM-ENGINE.… … Jig. 91.—The Atlantic, 1S51. width over the paddle-boxes was 75 feet. The ship meas-ured 2,860 tons. The form of the hull was then peculiarin the fineness of its lines ; the bow was sharp, and thestern fine and sniooth, and the general outline such as bestadapted the ship for high speed. The main…
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