The wonders of modern mechanism. A résumé of recent progress in mechanical, physical, and engineering science (1896)
Cochrane, Charles Henry, 1856- · Philadelphia J.B. Lippincott · leaf 95
nd ran fifty thirty-six-foot boatsthere through the season, carrying about one million ])as-sengers, mostly on three-mile trips, at a cost of a fractionunder six cents per mile per boat. The receipts were closeto half a million dollars, and, as the boats cost less thanone hundred and fifty thousand… … ELECTRIC LAUNCH. The illustration shows one of these boats in section.The little propeller is driven by a shaft directly connectedto the motor in the bottom of the boat, the thrust-bearingbeing fitted with friction-balls, like a bicycle-wheel. The ELECTRIC PLEASURE-BOATS. 89 motors were four…
Inventions · Mechanical engineering · Machinery
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