Elementary lessons in steam machinery and the marine steam engine, with a short description of the construction of a battleship (1893)
Langmaid, Joseph, Gaisford, H · London, New York : Macmillan · leaf 164
nally; and the cylindrical type was introduced, as that isnaturally the most practical shape to resist internal pressures,which in boilers now being made for steam-ships often reach180 lbs. per sq. in. Although the cylindrical boiler is not so economical asthe old box boiler, yet the advantages of…
Steam-engines · Marine engines
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