The Marine Steam Engine: A Treatise for the Use of Engineering Students and Officers of the Royal Navy |
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... paddle - wheel placed near the stern , driven by a horizontal , direct - acting engine , with connecting - rod and ... paddle having four floats or blades , somewhat resembling a pair of canoe paddles , crossed at right angles . The ...
... paddle - wheel placed near the stern , driven by a horizontal , direct - acting engine , with connecting - rod and ... paddle having four floats or blades , somewhat resembling a pair of canoe paddles , crossed at right angles . The ...
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... paddle - wheel , and the type of engine generally employed was that known as the side- lever engine , which may be considered as the marine counterpart of the beam engine so universally used at that time for land purposes . The general ...
... paddle - wheel , and the type of engine generally employed was that known as the side- lever engine , which may be considered as the marine counterpart of the beam engine so universally used at that time for land purposes . The general ...
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... paddle - wheel steamers , called respectively the Echo , ' ' Lightning , ' and ' Meteor , ' were commissioned , and their names appeared for the first time in the Official Navy List for March 1828. The engines of these boats were each ...
... paddle - wheel steamers , called respectively the Echo , ' ' Lightning , ' and ' Meteor , ' were commissioned , and their names appeared for the first time in the Official Navy List for March 1828. The engines of these boats were each ...
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... paddle - wheels is that known as the oscillating engine . This type of engine was first adapted for marine purposes ... wheel engines , and the majority of engines now made for paddle - wheel vessels are on this plan . The Magicienne ...
... paddle - wheels is that known as the oscillating engine . This type of engine was first adapted for marine purposes ... wheel engines , and the majority of engines now made for paddle - wheel vessels are on this plan . The Magicienne ...
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... paddle - wheel , though it was an efficient propeller , possessed many practical disadvantages which interfered ... paddle - wheels were particularly unsuit- able . The wheels themselves were exposed to danger from shot and shell , and ...
... paddle - wheel , though it was an efficient propeller , possessed many practical disadvantages which interfered ... paddle - wheels were particularly unsuit- able . The wheels themselves were exposed to danger from shot and shell , and ...
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