On Naval Warfare with Steam ...J. Murray, 1860 - 175 Seiten |
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... trials of the ' Basilisk ' and ' Niger ' ( Art . 54 ) , the paddles of the former were reefed several times according as she became lighter ; but this was found so inconvenient that she was ordered to retain them as fixed relatively ...
... trials of the ' Basilisk ' and ' Niger ' ( Art . 54 ) , the paddles of the former were reefed several times according as she became lighter ; but this was found so inconvenient that she was ordered to retain them as fixed relatively ...
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... trials with these instruments it has been found that the speed of a steam vessel varies directly with the square root of the pressure on the piston and with the cube root of the horse - 48 SECT . I. NAVAL WARFARE WITH STEAM .
... trials with these instruments it has been found that the speed of a steam vessel varies directly with the square root of the pressure on the piston and with the cube root of the horse - 48 SECT . I. NAVAL WARFARE WITH STEAM .
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... trials made in 1840 between the Archimedes ' screw - ship , which had been built in 1838 , and the wheel - steamer Widgeon . ' In the first of these trials , four runs of 19 miles , from Dover to Calais , and as many in return , during ...
... trials made in 1840 between the Archimedes ' screw - ship , which had been built in 1838 , and the wheel - steamer Widgeon . ' In the first of these trials , four runs of 19 miles , from Dover to Calais , and as many in return , during ...
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... trials are stated to have afforded some evidence of a greater amount of helm - power in the screw - ship over the paddle - steamer ; and this is what might be expected , since the screw is placed at the stern of the vessel , and its ...
... trials are stated to have afforded some evidence of a greater amount of helm - power in the screw - ship over the paddle - steamer ; and this is what might be expected , since the screw is placed at the stern of the vessel , and its ...
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... trial 5756-6 fathoms , and in the other 5258 fathoms . 55. On another occasion the two ships were set to tow one another ahead , when , in two trials , the ' Basilisk ' ( paddle ) had the advantage ; the rates of towing and the ...
... trial 5756-6 fathoms , and in the other 5258 fathoms . 55. On another occasion the two ships were set to tow one another ahead , when , in two trials , the ' Basilisk ' ( paddle ) had the advantage ; the rates of towing and the ...
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Seite 174 - SvO. 4i. PUBLISHED BY MR. MURRAY. 17 HEIRESS (THE) in Her Minority; or, The Progress of Character. By the Author of
Seite 26 - when the piston has moved two-fifteenths of the whole length of stroke, the effective momentum will be the same as that which would be produced by the steam of less elasticity when used unexpansively : while the consumption of steam, and therefore of fuel, in the former case is only onethird
Seite 27 - 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 experiments have not yet been made to ascertain the effects of long-continued screw-propulsion at full speed. Such experiments should therefore be made and continued
Seite 148 - and, it may be added, fired at long ranges with solid shot, as rapidly, at least, as a 10-inch shell-gun, which cannot fire solid shot It has been. recommended to the Government of the United States that there should be constructed a number of sloops of war, each furnished with brass boat-guns—12 and
Seite xvii - the decision respecting the establishment of ships' crews for manning the 45 ships of the line decreed by the Ordonnance of 1846, it was regulated that an adequate increase should be made in the number of companies, each of which was appointed to consist of 60 seamen of the first, second, and third classes, with 20
Seite 148 - Surely this defective shell-gun should be forthwith withdrawn, and the 68-pounder solid-shot gun substituted. There is ample displacement and deck-room to admit of this; and we have the authority of Captain Dahlgren, and even that of the gallant Captain of the ' Diadem,' for asserting, that the 95-cwt solid-shot 68-pounder may be worked as easily as a
Seite 13 - VOYAGE to the Mauritius and back, touching at the Cape of Good Hope and St.
Seite 21 - 1. IT would be foreign to the plan of this work to enter into details respecting the invention of the steam-engine, or to describe the gradual improvements which it has subsequently undergone; * a brief notice only will
Seite 38 - low in the vessel that both the moving power and the propelling machinery are safe from the damaging effects of shot: the screw allows more freely the use of sails, and consequently enables the vessel to which it is applied to retain her faculties as a
Seite xvii - also that the establishment of seamen-gunners should be on so large a scale, that there might be one well-trained gunner to every gun in the ships to which they should be drafted. The decisions of French Commissioners, on subjects referred to them, are not