Two centuries of shipbuilding by the Scotts at Greenock. Partly reprinted from "Engineering" (1920)
Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd · London : Offices of "Engineering," 35 and 36, Beford Street, W.C.". · leaf 254
of marine propelling machinery. Even atthe time when the arrangement seemed firmly established,ingenious minds were at work with the object of eliminating theweak partner—the reciprocating element. Investigation proved that the turbines of the Carmaniaran too slowly, and that the propellers… … D > O PH CO i—i CO O Ph o CO H Pw.<!Ph Ph o w 125 !> m <PS PhO CO l-H pq &H PhO > I—IHOPhPh CO (3 Ph Gearing between Turbine and Propeller. 131 adopted. Reference has been made to the early days ofgearing in marine propulsion, and it is recorded on page 32,that gear wheels were…
