Handbook of the steam-engine. Containing all the rules required for the right construction and management of engines of every class, with the easy arithmetical solution of those rules. Constituting a key to the 'Catechism of the steam-engine.' (1874)
Bourne, John · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 472
ns, the area of immersed section 606 squarefeet, and with the engines working to 1,624 horse-power thespeed attained was 1315 knot;. Fig. 64 is the body plan of the Ctniard steamer PeisiaJThe vertical sections are 17-i- feet from one another, and thebreadth of the vessel is 45 feet. The engines are… … BODY PLA> OF SCEETV STEAUXE BKEMEK. the steam is 25 lbs. per square inch. The performance of thePersia has been very satisfactory, except that she was notstrong enough in the deck and had to be strengthened there, andshe has a great deal too much iron in the shape of frames, whichconduce to…
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