Murray, Andrew, 1813-1872, Murray, Robert. Steam-ships, Creuze, Augustin Francis Bullock, 1800-1852 · Edinburgh : A. and C. Black · leaf 162
the boat, 10 knots per hour. Weightof the boat, 3 tons 8 cwt.; weight of the machinery, 3 tons. Con-sumption of coal, per hour, 100 lb. Power of traction, at slowspeed, 250 tons. Cost of trackage, J of Id. per ton per mile. 18. American Steamboats (by a correspondent of The En-gineer).— Going… … Screw-Bteamer for tte rivers of India. (for the anthracite coal burned under their boilers makes no smokewhatever), the enormous mass of the vessel rose like a giant icebergabove the water. Hurrying over the broad gangway, we foundourselves in a crowd of nearly 700 passengers, more than one-thirdof…
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