 Gravesend steamer, one hundred and forty-five feet long, by nineteen feet beam, had two engines of fifty horses power each; the speed was insufficient, being only twelve and a half miles through the water; but when the same engines were placed in the...  The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal - Page 151edited by - 1841Full view - About this book
 | William Newton - 1841 - 494 pages
...each ; the speed was insufficient, being only twelve and a half miles through the water ; but when the same engines were placed in the " Ruby," which...water, her speed then nearly equalled that of the " Ruby." The author does not condemn the application of considerable power for vessels, providing it... | |
 | William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington - Industrial arts - 1841 - 494 pages
...each ; the speed was insufficient, being only twelve and a half miles through the water ; but when the same engines were placed in the " Ruby," which...water, her speed then nearly equalled that of the " Ruby." The author does not condemn the application of considerable power for vessels, providing it... | |
 | Meteorology - 1841 - 912 pages
...power each; the speed was insufficient, being only twelve and a half miles through the water; but when the same engines were placed in the " Ruby," which...water, her speed then nearly equalled that of the "Ruby." The author does not condemn the application of considerable power for vessels, providing it... | |
 | Railroad engineering - 1841 - 412 pages
...each ; the speed was insufficient, being only twelve and a half miles through the water ; but when the same engines were placed in the " Ruby," which...half miles per hour. A pair of engines, of forty-five horse power each, were then placed in the " Gem," without altering the vessel, and in consequence of... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1841 - 508 pages
...feet 9 inches beam, the velocity of the latter vessel was 134 miles per hour. A pair of engines of 45 horses power each were then placed in the Gem, without...water, her speed then nearly equalled that of the Ruby. The author does not condemn the application of considerable power for vessels, provided it can... | |
 | Railroad engineering - 1842 - 396 pages
...power each'; the speed was insufficient, being only twelve and a half miles through the water; but when the same engines were placed in the " Ruby," which...the velocity of the latter vessel was thirteen and half miles per hour. A pair of engines, of forty-five horse power each, were then placed in the " Gem,"... | |
 | 1841 - 596 pages
...feet 9 inches beam, tbe velocity of the latter vessel was 13J miles per hour. A pair of engines of 45 horses power each were then placed in the Gem, without...water, her speed then nearly equalled that of the Ruby. The author does not condemn the application of considerable power for vessels, provided it can... | |
 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - Civil engineering - 1848 - 652 pages
...insufficient, being only twelve and a half miles .hrough the water; but when the same engines were placed iu the •' Ruby," which was one hundred and fifty feet...water, her speed then nearly equalled that of the " Ruby." The author does not condemn the application of considerable power for vessels, provided it... | |
 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - Civil engineering - 1848 - 570 pages
...f^u[,he. each ; the speed was insufficient, being only twelve and a half miles through the water; but when the same engines were placed in the " Ruby," which...water, her speed then nearly equalled that of the " Ruby." The author does not condemn the application of considerable power for vessels, provided it... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1841 - 460 pages
...miles through the water; but when the same engines were placed in the "Ruby," which was one hundreXi and fifty feet long, and nineteen feet nine inches...water, her speed then nearly equalled that of the " Ruby." The author does not condemn the application of considerable power for vessels, providing it... | |
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