Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 175
of this vessel calculated that she would attain a speed of 144 knotsper hour, but this result failed to be realized. Probably there were no-data for the effect of paddles working in a confined water-space. Theposition of the paddles is otherwise an advantage, as it leaves the sides ofthe vessel… … The Castalia in Dover Harbour—Ejid View. the speed of the Castalia was below that intended, the vessel was a successas regards steadiness, for the rolling and pitching were very greatlyreduced, and the miseries and inconveniences of the Channel passageobviated. The Castalia is represented in Figs.…
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