Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 170
o months could not be moved, it was foundthat, although one-quarter of the ships length was unsupported, it exhibitedno deflection, or rather the amount of deflection was imperceptible. Fig. 62is from a photograph taken during the building of the ship, and Fig. 63shows the hull when completed and… … Fig. 63.— The Great Eastern ready for Launching. turned by four steam engines, each having a cyhnder 6 ft. 2 in. in diameter,and 14 ft. in length. The vessel is also provided with a four-bladed screw-propeller of 24 ft. diameter, driven by another engine having four cylinders,six boilers, and…
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