Inventors at work, with chapters on discovery (1906)
Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 90
experiments becomemore and more valuable as one refinement succeeds another, thereis always much well worth knowing to be learned from the actualbehavior of a vessel as she takes her way through a canal, a shal-low river, or the storm-beaten stretches of the sea. The experimental tank of the United… … u Q OHO s A VIKING SHIP 55 water; it is a riveted steel girder. The towing mechanism, ofmassive proportions, is driven by four electric motors of abundantpower. A double set of brakes brings the carriage gradually andquietly to rest from a high speed. A self-acting recorder meas-ures both speed and…
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