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 88
e of 60 lb. per square inch. The grate surface was112 square feet, and the total heating surface 4506 square feet, there being328 iron tubes 4 in. in diameter. The three pioneer ships of the Holt Line—the Agamemnon,Ajax, and Achilles—proved most economical. The Achillescame home from China in… … GENERAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE MACHINERY OP THE ACHHLES. 42 Success of Steam over Sailing Ships. did not exceed 20 tons per day for all purposes,1 equal to2J lb. per unit of power per hour, which for those early days,with comparatively low steam pressures, must be regarded asa highly satisfactory…
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