il, and may perhaps cut through thepaddle-box, or even the vessel. If the injury be of such a naturethat the wheels cannot be turned round (and this has sometimeshappened), it will follow that the engines will be virtually dis-abled until the obstruction can be cleared away; and if theweather be… … PROPORTIONS OF ENGINES. she may be lost in consequence of her temporary derangement.Upon the whole, therefore, the application of feathering wheels tovessels intended to perform long voyages through stormy seas,appears to be of doubtful propriety. For channel trips, and insituations where the…
Steam-engines · Steam-navigation · Locomotives
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