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 87
ll the pumps were single-acting, with 17-in. stroke. Thediameters of the principal pipes were : main steam, 1\ in.; to low-pressurecylinder, 12 in.; circulating inlet, 10 in.; discharge, 12 in.; air-pumpdischarge, 10 in. ; main feed, 3| in.; and waste steam, two at 6-in. diameter.The two boilers… … THE MACHINERY OF THE ACHILLES. Each boiler had a long receiver passing through the uptake to dry the steam.On the receiver was a deadweight safety-valve 6\ in. in diameter, tosuit a working pressure of 60 lb. per square inch. The grate surface was112 square feet, and the total heating surface 4506…
