On Naval Warfare with SteamJ. Murray, 1858 - 155 Seiten |
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... stern was tried on the Thames , in presence of the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Surveyor General of the Navy ; the success is said to have been complete , but the new machine failed to gain the approbation of the British ...
... stern was tried on the Thames , in presence of the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Surveyor General of the Navy ; the success is said to have been complete , but the new machine failed to gain the approbation of the British ...
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... stern , which is the weakest part of the vessel . It was at first supposed that all parts of the a TABLE I. - Showing the elements of several vessels . Name of the Vessel . Horses ' Power . Diameter Number of of Wheel , Strokes of in ...
... stern , which is the weakest part of the vessel . It was at first supposed that all parts of the a TABLE I. - Showing the elements of several vessels . Name of the Vessel . Horses ' Power . Diameter Number of of Wheel , Strokes of in ...
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... stern of the ship , is nearly quiescent , the water at the posterior surface of the last turn of the blade alone receding ; and there appears to be no foundation for the opinion that the water between every two turns of the blade is ...
... stern of the ship , is nearly quiescent , the water at the posterior surface of the last turn of the blade alone receding ; and there appears to be no foundation for the opinion that the water between every two turns of the blade is ...
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... stern - post and rudder , where , being arrested , part of it is forced forward in the direction of the ship's motion : on both these accounts the power of the screw must be in some degree modified ; in some cases , indeed , the slip ...
... stern - post and rudder , where , being arrested , part of it is forced forward in the direction of the ship's motion : on both these accounts the power of the screw must be in some degree modified ; in some cases , indeed , the slip ...
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... stern of a ship by the shake of the screw is a result much to be dreaded in a general use of that implement , whatever its advantages may be in other respects , and a sufficient number of experi- ments have not yet been made to ...
... stern of a ship by the shake of the screw is a result much to be dreaded in a general use of that implement , whatever its advantages may be in other respects , and a sufficient number of experi- ments have not yet been made to ...
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