ENGINEERING,JANUARY

18 1884.

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GENERAL ARRANGEMENT OF ENGINEs'j-END BOILERS OF THE 5.5. NORMANDIE.”
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extent,unableto grant the concessionsasked. Very
little change hastaken placein crudeiron. More or
ARRANGEMENT OF BOILERS OF SS. “NORMANDIE.” less activity reportedin foundry iron at 19dols. for

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for goodbrands. The

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No. and 21 dols. for No.

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cons'rnucrsn BY THE BARROW SHIPBUILDING coMPAN-Y, LIMITED. higher brandsare well sold up, and the poorermakes
are plenty and cheap. Merchant iron extremely

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dull, and to all pearancesthe depressionin this

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FIG. branchof trade wil continue all winter. Much de

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pendson the actionof the railroads,bridgeworks, car
works, shipyards, boiler works, and other consuming
establishments. Afew days will determinethe course
of the market for the next two months. Nails are
nominally 2.45dols. refined iron, fl.80 lto cents.

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forge iron, 18dols. spiegeleisen,29dols. to 29.50dols.

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CLYDE SHIPBUILDING AND MARINE
ENGINEERING IN 1883.
WHATEVERmaybe the courseof afiairs in the imme
diate future, there now no roomfor doubting the

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Grease” fact that thetwo greatindustrieswhich havefor a long
period given to the Clyde such prominentposition in

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the industrial annalsof the kingdom,have during the
past twelve monthsenjoyeda mostextraordinary and
unexampled period of prosperity, for never in any
former year was theresuchan immenseoutputof new
shippingoverthe Clyde district asthat of the year just
Jta/le C'de brought to close. The total has beenset down at

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upwardsof 419,000tons, but probable that this

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beyond the limit, and that the new shipping

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launched on the Clyde in the course of the past
twelvemonth amounted, as nearly as may be, to
415,694tons, the apparent discrepancyin the totals
givenbeingtraceable,in a largemeasure,to the returns
Emigrant? given by the builders not always according exactly
with thosemadeby the Board of Trade and by Lloyd’s
surveyors. But in a matter involving totals of such
immense magnitude an item of about 4000 tons
of difference not important; still we prefer to

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base our remarks on the assumptionthat the lesser
total rather than the greater the morecorrectone.

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That extraordinaryamountof new tonnagewas made
up of 413vessels,which number,however,includesno
fewer than 103 small barges, many of which were
never launched at all but shipped in piecesto their
respective destinations. They constitute such a
marked feature of the year’s output that we refer
to themthus early at a later stagewe shall probably

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havesomethingmoreto say aboutthem in detail.
The growth of the Clyde shipbuilding industry

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one of the most marvellous trade developmentsof
moderntimes. In the year 1882the amount of new
shipping turned out by the shipbuilding firms whose
extend from Rutherglen down to the Ayrshire
WE give this week two-page engraving,together sell for this purpose before the end of this month. yards
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on one side of the Firth of Clyde, and to

with anotherview on the present page,showing the Constructioniron for all engineeringpurposes under coast
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Campbeltownon the other—andnumberingupwards

arrangementof the engines and boilers of the s.s. inquiry, and large lots, said to aggregate20,000tons, of
Normandie, vesselbuilt and enginedby the Barrow will be orderednext month. Boat plate is quotedat forty—was 389,000 tons, so that the increase
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during the past year was 26,694 tons, being an

ShipbuildingCompany,Limited, of Barrow-in-Furness. 2.30; tank, 2.35; shell, 2.85; flange, 3.85, and fire
The N ormandieformsoneof the fleetof the Compagnie box, cents. Angles, 2.25; bridge plate, 2.40; refined amount considerablyin excessof the total output
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in a year so recent as 1858. The output of Clyde

GénéraleTransatlantique,and especiallynoticeable bars, 2.40to 2.50; tees,2.75; andbeamsand channels,
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as being,we believe,the largest steameryet built for 3.50. Commonsheetiron, 3:}to 4;}; bestbloomsheets, built vesselsin 1881was practically332,000tons but

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was only
the French commercialmarine. we shall,in an early 6%;galvanisediron, 50 to 60per cent. off list. Dis in the year immediately preceding

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168,450tons. Last year’soutput was equalto an in
number,give further illustrationsof the enginesof the countson gas and steampipe, 70per cent. Business cent.,when comparedwith that
crease of about150per
Normandie,and‘shallthen describethemfully. in steel rails very light; offers are in hand at of 1877,which was the smallestproductionof anyone
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NOTES FROM THE UNITED STATES.
PHILADELPHIA,Dec. 31.
THE evident determinationof the American iron
33 dols. to 34 dols., but prices are firm at 35 dols.; year during the past decade. \Ve have been accus~
large orders will not be placed before January. As tomed to speak of the year 1874 as having beenan
soonastermscan be agreedupon, large orders,aggre ann'usqiz-i-rabz'lz's
in the history of Clyde shipbuilding,
gating 100,000tons, will be placed. and certainly did bring forth more new shipping
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PHILADELPHIA,Jan. than any previous year, and even more than any
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trade to restrict productionof both crudeand finished

iron, rather than permit any further declinein selling An unusuallylargeamountof business in sight in subsequentyear until we comedown to 1881. In the
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prices,has already produceda favourableeffectupon the iron trade. Previous reports have stated.that famousyear of 1874the output amountedto 266,800
the market, and has brought out a numberof buyers, buyers wereholdingoff.until priceshad reachedtheir tons, but that of the past year shows an increaseof
in Eastern Pennsylvania especially,who are covering lowest possible point. Some of these requirements something like 90 per cent. It undeniable
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requirements for from thirty to sixty days; the havebeenfilled already,andmanyothers will be filled that the immediate prospects of the trade show
chancesare more favourable for an improvementin this month. They cover crude and finished iron, that the growth which hasbeenso marvellous during
prices than for ninety days past, but doubtful foreign Bessemer,and domestic steel rails. Heavy the pastquarterof a centuryhas receiveda check,but
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whether any actual upward tendency will be de transactionsin steelrails havebeenclosedat 33.50dols. probablethat only of a temporarycharacter.
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veloped. Manufacturerswill be satisfied they can to 35 dols., the aggregateof businessbeing about How much further the growth to be continued,
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hold prices where they are, and seem determinedto 75,000tons; andthere are negotiations now in hand however, matter which exceedinglydif_
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do so, by restricting output. The strongestfeature for about50,000tons more, which maybe closedany ficult to prognosticatewith any degreeof confidence.
fact, are not morethan 34 dols., There no doubtthat the Clyde still retains the pre
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of the market the that consumers carrying day. Large buyerswill pay
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light stocks; trade of retail character,but the and small buyers are slow about placing orders at eminentpositionof beingtheheadquartersof the ship
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aggregateof demand fair. A large number of 35 dols. or over. \Vestern mills have secureda large building and marine engineering industries,alike by
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transactions have taken place this week in crude amountof business,and eastern mills see their way the extentof the work sent out from its forty and odd
iron, at 18 dols. to 20 dols., delivered, for forge. clear to secure some heavy orders for spring and shipyards,by the verysuperiorcharacterwhich gene
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There a steady diminution of stocks at furnaces, summerdelivery. A numberof new enterpriseshave rally possesses, by its extraordinaryvalue, and by the
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standard brands are being sold ahead,and are held beenbroughtto the attention of rail makers,who have world-wide extent of the patronagewhich its various
with morefirmness,and transactionsare thereforeof greatconfidencein the strengthof demand,thoughthey firms meetwith.
smallerproportions. The movementin foundry in arenot so sure as to the permanencyof prices. Very It probablethat last year’soutput of new shipping
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significant, being only for current requirements. little hasbeendonein Bessemerpig for severalmonths, will have, when it entirely completedand handed
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Prices range from 19 dols. to 22 dols. Very little but some recent transactions show that consumers overto the variousowners, a value of somethinglike
No. sells above21 dols.; muck bars, 32 dols. to haveprovided for winter requirements. Prices are 10,000,0001.,being an increaseof perhaps 1,000,000].
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33 dols.; charcoal blooms, 55 dols. to 57 dols. The 19.50dols. to 20dols., and sales of 25,000tons have on that turned out in the preceding year, and
movementin merchantiron of a very unsatisfactory beenheardof. Old material under active inquiry, of 6,000,000!. o ver the valueof the output of the year
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character, and on account of the dulness and low but business light, on account of high prices 1874. Of the owners for whom last year’s ship
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prices numberof mills will shut downthis week and asked. Tees are quoted nominallyat 23 dols. to ping was built and of the character of the shipping
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next, and the suspensionwill continueinto January, 23.50 dols., but buyers decline to pay more than itself, we shallhaveoccasionto speakat a subsequent
andresumptionwill take placeonly as sufficientorders 22.50dols. Doubleheadsare nominallyat 25dols., but stage. Of the 10,000,0001. just spokenof as probably
arrive during that month. Average selling price for will not sell at that figure. Crop ends are wanted, beingthe costto the ownersof lastyear’snew shipping,
bars, centsdownto 1.75,accordingto quality. Some but quotationsare nominal. A great deal of material not unlikely that sum of between 5,000,000].
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commoniron has been selling, on accountof the re of all kinds wanted, but buyerswant extremely low and6,000,000]. was paid directly in wages to the vast
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quirementsfor car works, and largelots will probably prices, and sellers are unwilling, and, to certain armyof workmenengagedin thoseavocationswhich are
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ENGINEERING,FEBRUARY , Tfi

COMPOUND ENGUumyQi {THE SS“NORMANDIE’

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THE s.s. Normandie, completedduring the past pany,Limited,we give two-pageengravingthis week, with each other, and thus very equableturning ob cylinders have no steam jackets. The manner in

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year by the Barrow Shipbuilding Company, Limited, togetherwith plan on the presentpage,while in our tained. which the high-pressurecylindersare mountedon the
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for the CompagnieGénérale Transatlantique, is, we numberof January 18we raveanother two-pageillus Each enginehas a high-pressurecylinder 35%}; in. top covers of the low-pressure cylinders will be
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believe,themost powerfulsteamerwhich has yet been tration which togetherwitIr view on page 65 cmfc, and low-pressurecylinder74% in. in diameter,* readily seenfrom Fig. on our two-page engraving
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constructed for the French mercantile marine. Her shows the general arrangementof the enginesand stroke being it. in. The ratio of capacityof the this week. Each high-pressurecylinderhas ports ft.
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dimensions moulded are: Length, 459 ft. 11 in.; boilers. From theseviews will be seenthat the vessel highand low-pressurecylinders thus 4.46. The in. long,the steamportsbeing3;}in., andthe exhaust

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breadth, 49 ft. 11in. and depth, 37 ft. in. Her fitted with what maypracticallybe regardedas three low-pressurecylinders only are made with loose ports 651‘:
in. wide. The nigh-pressureslide vales are

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draught on trial was 20 ft. in. mean,and displace independenttandem compoundengines,eachof these liner and are steam-jacketted, while the high-pressure single-portedand fitted with equilibratingrings,while
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ment7656tons. engineshaving its own air

condenser, pump and circu D'XyThe and
sizesof "cylinders diameterof crankshaft eac has workingwithin pair of cut-off plates on
Of the enginesof the Normandie, which, like the lating pump,and beingin fact completein itself. The were specifiedbythe owners1nmetrical measures, hence Meyer’ssystem,these platesbeingadjustable by right
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vessel,were built by the Barrow Shipbuilding Com three enginesdrive cranks placedat an angleof 120 deg. thefractionaldimensmns. and left-handedscrewson the valve spindle. As will
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ENGINEERING. [FEB. I, 1884.
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and capableof running forty
be seen from Figs. 6 and 7, gear is provided for re of single-ended boilers divides the boilers into two regulatingdynamos,

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The coal 20 candle-powerlamps,which are arrangedin “parallel
tating the expansion valve spindles and adjusting groups, each group having two stokeholds. circuit. The engine of Messrs. Tan ye’s Soho
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the cut-offplatesof the three engines simultaneously. bunkersare in the wings as shown. “ Colonia ” boiler, and
boilers are each 13ft. in. in type, mountedon the top of

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long, The double-ended

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The low-pressure cylinders have orts 4 ft. 6in.
when running the lights developabout horse-power.
the steamports, which are doube, being 3i in., and diameter, by 18ft. in long, and contain each six

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the exhaustports 93in. wide. The travel of the main furnaces, 3ft. in. in diameter by 6ft. 9in. long,

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valves in full gear is 10in., and the high-pressure each furnace having its own separate combustion It will be within the recollection of many of our

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readersthat twelve monthsagoMr. OctaviusE. Coope
valveshave 2i in. outsideand in. inside lap, while, chamber,measuring ft. in the directionof the length wrote letter to the Times,in which he gavethe par

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in the caseof the low-pressurevalves,the outsideand of the boiler. The furnaces are each made in two ticulars of the electric light installationat his house

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insidelaps are 11% in. and }.§,in.respectively. Each rings, united by an Adamson flangedseam, and the
boilers (BerechurchHall), and compared the expensewith
engine suppliedwith steamthrough an 11in. branch firegratesare ft. 5in. long. Each of these

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that of gas. At that time the ht had been in use

steampipe, eachof thesebranchesbeingfitted with a also contains 526 tubes, 3;];in. in diameterOutside,

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ata obtainedduring
throttle valve under the control of Durham velo and ft. in. long betweentube-plates; 110of these for_three months, and uponthe

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that eriod of workin Mr. Coope estimatedthat

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meter. The arrangementof the governor gear will tubesbeingstay tubes. Each boiler providedwith

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him farthing per hour per light.
The exhaust pipes from the steamdrum ft. in. in diameter and 14ft. long, would)cost the .97 of year, he haswritten ain,

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be seen from Fig.

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The total Now, after lapse

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high to the low-pressurecylinders are 14 in. in dia united to the boiler by two necks. grate
surfacein the four double-endedboilers 539square comparingthe actual expenseswith the figures his

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meter. estimate,and he findsthat his expectationshavebeen
The low-pressurepistonrods are 10in. in diameter, feet, the total heatingsurface 14,270square feet, and more than realised,and that the actual costper lamp
and are tapered where they fit the crossheadsand the total steam space (including steam drums) 2661§ hour hasbeen.95 of a farthing. The total costof the
securedby a nut below, the screwedportion of each cubic feet. installationwas 14901.,and the year’s expenseshave
rod on which this nut fits being 8in. in diameter. The four single-endedboilersare each 13ft. in. in beenas follow: Coals

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in. long, and contain each three (small 13s.6d. ton, mixedwith

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The crossheadpins havebearings9in. long by 10in. diameterby 9ft.

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furnaces ft. in. in diameterby ft. in. long, each cokeat 18s. ton) 90l. wa es (enginedriver and lad)

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in diameter,while the connectingrods are 11ft. 2in.

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79l. 14s.; renewalof lamps 00 at 5s.) 75L; oil,waste,
long betweencentres. The crankshaft of iron, and of these furnaces having an independentcombustion etc., 21.; repairs, 51. 8s.1d.; sundries, 71. 16s.8d.;
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in three parts, eachpart havingtwo bearings23%in. chamber, ft. long. Each boiler also contains 263

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depreciation,82L; total, 359l.18s.9d. There are 200

in diameter. The crank-pinsare of the samediameter tubes, 3},in. in diameter outside,and ft. in. long

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lamps,and as they havebeenburnedfor 1823hours,the
as the main bearings,and are 17?;in. long, the width betweentube-plates. The four single-ended boilers cost works out to .95farthing, as statedabove. The
of the connectingrod brassesbeing17in. The crank are connectedto two steam drums, each ft. long by

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websare 28.1,- in. wide by 14%in. thick. ft. in diameter. The total grate surfacein the four plant consistsof four Burgin dynamos,and a 12-horse
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clearly single-endedboilers 269% squarefeet,the total heat engine. The lamps are mostly employedsingly, and

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The arrangement of the valve gear
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are simply suspended

from which it will be ing surface7135squarefeet, and the total steamroom .in the hall and dining-room
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shown by Figs. and

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from the ceilin by silk rods. Mr. Coope quite

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(including steam drums) 1288i; cubicfeet.

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seen that the link motion of the double-barlink
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The total grate surfacefor all the eight main boilers enthusiasticin praiseof the healthfulness,beauty,

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kind, and that all the joints are adjustable for wear.
and economyof the lighting, but he does not make

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The viewsjust referredto alsoshow the arrangement thus 808% square feet, the total heating surface
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clearhow that the whole of the lamps were

of steam and hydraulic reversing gear, the steam 21,405squarefeet, andthe total steamroom3950cubic quite

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in. feet. The ratio of grateto heatingsurface :26.47. burning on an averagefive hours a day all the year

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reversingcylinder being24in. in diameterwith 29% from his letter that
on the system of The boilers are madewholly of iron, and the working round; theinferenceto bedrawn

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stroke. This reversing gear
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lamp was put in actionat dusk and kept alight

Messrs.Brown Brothers,of Edinburgh, in which the pressureis, as we havealready stated, kilogrammes every

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until nearly midnight, in all the rooms; so :that the
hydraulic cylinder acts as a cataract cylinder when per square centimetre,or 85.34lb. per squareinch.
Besidesthe main boilersthe Normandie provided housewas perfectlylighted all over, and darknesswas

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the steam pressure used, while for reversing by
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hand, a smallhand-pump,deliveringinto thehydraulic with two donkey boilers, these being placed at a abolishedwithin it, until the engine stoppedfor the
on the two-page night. No doubt this very charmingarrangement,

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cylinder, provided.
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and one that peculiarly favourableto electric

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in our number of ult.

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In the enginesof the Normandie the framing engraving:published
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when estimatedper lamp-hour; but must

distinct from the condensers,each pair of cylinders These are oval boilers, ft. wide by 9ft. 6in. high. lighting,

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be rememberedthat a very expensiveone. A

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beingcarriedon a pair of cast-iron standards, which and ft. long. eachcontainingtwo furnaces, ft. Gin.

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in. long, and 108tubes ft farthing per lamp-hour looks very small sum, but
are forked at their lower endsto give greaterstability in diameter,and ft.

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for lighting singlecountry house an

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in a fore-and-aftdirection. For the same reason the in. long by 2-2in. in diameter. These boilers are 3591.per year often paid, we should imagine. We

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amountnot very
low-pressure cylinders are connected by cast-iron workedat pressureof 60lb. persquareinch, andthey havepointedout
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on our two-pageengraving, haveto ether 40squarefeet of grate surface, and 923 againandagain,that when an electric
panels as shownin Fig.
light plant canwork at full capacityfor 1500hours a
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andFig. on page103. square ect of heatingsurface. The arrangementand

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gas, and that seldom

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main and year, may competewith

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There are three independentcondensers,exposingin dimensionsof the various steam pipes to
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conditioncanbe fulfilled.
all 11,682squarefeet of cooling surface. The tubes donkeyengines clearlyshownby Figs. to which that this
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are packedwith screw glands, and are disposedin views alsoshow the arrangementof waste steamfeed
two groups in each condenser,the condensingwater pipes,suctionpipesto ballasttanks, &0.
traversingthe upper group first, and then passing The enginesof the Normandie developedon trial TRIAL TRIPS AND LAUNCHES.
downwards to the secondgroup. The air pumps,of 8006 indicated horse-power,running at sixty three ON Wednesday, January 16, Messrs. John Scott
which thereare three—oneto eachengine—aresingle revolutionsperminute, andgiving to thevessel speed and Co. Bowling,had trial trip of the screwsteamer
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acting,and34in. in diameterwith 32 in. stroke, their of 17 knots,a very excellentresult. namedthe Dunvegan, vesselof about350tons,recently
built themandenginedby Messrs.John Gilmourand
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dischargingcapacitybeingthus of that of thelow Co., asgow,themanagingownersbeingMessrs.J. and

ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOTES. W. \V. Smith,of the samecity. On themeasured mile
pressurecylinders. The air pumps are worked from AT the Friday evening opening lecture of this at \VemyssBay theDunveganattaineda speedequalto
the crossheadsby rocking levers in the usual way. year’ssessionat the Itoyal Institution, when Professor ten knots per hour, the engine working with great
Each air pumphas two plunger pumps placed by the Tyndall addressed crowded audience on “The smoothness.
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sideof it, the plungers,which are 55 in. in diameter, Rainbow,” the library was lighted by one of Mr.
being coupledto the air pump crosshead. Of these Ross’sprimary batteries. The hall ofthe Institution On the sameday steel screw steamer,namedthe
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six pumps, three are feed pumps, two are bilge now addedto the Swanpermanentinstallation,Messrs. Zafiro,was launchedby Messrs.Hall, Russell, andCo.,
pumps,and one sanitary pump. The condensing Faraday and Son having supplied Grecian pendants, Aberdeen. Built to the order of the ChinaandManilla
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water supplied by three 125 in. centrifugal pumps harmonisingwith the architecture. SteamShipping Company(Limited), Hong Kong, and
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of the Barrow Shipbuilding Company’sdesign and intendedfor trading betweenAmoy, Hong Kong, and
Manilla, the Zafiro the first vesselto beentirelycon
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make, each driven by an independentenginewith The Committeeof Inquiry appointedby the share
ll in. cylinder and 11 in. stroke. The deliverypipes holders of the Metropolitan Brush Electric Lighting structedof steel at Aberdeen. She about1100tons
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ass, and measures220ft. by 32 ft. by 21 ft. she

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these
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from pumping enginesare connectedso that Companyhavefiled petition for the winding up of eingsuppliedwith compound enginesof 200horse-power
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the failure of one pumping engine will not cause the company. In reply the directors have issueda nominal,thecylindersbeing34in. and67in. in diameter,
the disablement of the main engine to which circular to the shareholders,statingthat this course respectivel, with stroke of ft. in. _Steamwill be
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especially belongs. These pumps draw from the an entirelymistakenone,and affirmingthat their belief generated two largesteelboilers,madefor a Working
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seaonly, but there also anothercentrifugal pump in the valueof their numerousprovisionalorders evi pressureof 95 lb. per squareinch, and the speedof the
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ing engine of the same size provided as bilge dencedby the favourableproposalsthey havereceived vessel specifiedto be 12% knots.
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emergencypump. There are also three in. steam for taking someof themover. The directorsstatethat
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ejectors for ejecting water from bilges, one large they have no doubtof beingable, at the propertime, Messrs.John Key andSons,Kirkcaldy, on Saturday,
steamballastpumpwith 12in. steamcylinder, 10 in. to substantiatethe soundnessof their policy, which January 26,launchedfrom their Kin horn shipbuilding 214ft,
pump and 10 in. stroke, and three donkey engines does not necessitatea call, as impliedby the circular yard ft. vesselnamedthe Eurimbla,an measuring
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30 in. by 24ft. in. Built to the order of the

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with cylinders12in. in diameter and 10 in. stroke, of the committee. For the presenttheymerelyadvise AustralasianSteam NavigationCompany,andintended
arrangedeitherfor boiler feeding,pumpingfrom bilge, the shareholdersto refrain from signing any proxies, for the Australian coastingtrade,the Eurimbla being
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deck washing, or otherpurposes. The arrangement and from pledging themselvesto any line of action fittedwith enginesof 1000horse-power indicated,having
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of these various pumps shown by Figs. until they have seen, not only the report which the compoundinvertedcylinders of 30 in. and 60 in. in
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and in our numberof the 18thult. committeeare aboutto issue,but also the reply of the diameter,respectively, with 39in. stroke.
The engines drive right-handedscrew 22 ft. in directorsthereto.
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diameter,and with pitch of 31 ft. to 32 ft. The On WednesdayMessrs. David J. Dunlop and Co.,
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bossof this propeller of Vickers, Sons, and Co.’s Messrs.TangyeBrothershavelightedtheir premises engineersand shipbuilders,launchedfrom their ship
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cast steel, and weighs, finished, about tons, while at Newcastleon the Swan system. The work was in buildingyarda steelscrewsteamerof 800tons burthen,
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the four blades are of manganesebronze, and weigh trustedto the firm of Messrs. J. H. Holmes and Co., namedAberforth, built to the order of A. andA. T.
Mackay,of Grangemouth, forgeneralContinentaltrade.
eachabout tons, the total weight of the screw being 67, ~Westgate-road, who have, with the exceptionof The.dimensions
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areasfollows Length,190ft. breadth,

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thusabout 18tons. the engineand boiler, supplied and erectedthe whole 28ft. in. depth of hold,13ft. in. She will receive
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Steam suppliedby eight boilers,of which four are of the machinery and apparatusrequired, and who enginesand boilersof 100nominalhorsepower,which
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double-endedand four single-ended. The boilers are havehad mostof the elaboratefittings speciallymanu arealsobeingsuppliedby herbuilders.
loadedto a pressureof kilogrammesper squarecenti factured to their own designs. The show-roomhas
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metre,or 85.4lb. per square inch, and their general beenfitted with four pendants,eachof which carries
arrangementwill be readily understoodon reference five20 candle-powerSwan lampsand a reflector,so as bridging NEW Burner. OVER THE MISSISSIPPI.—A project of
the Mississippiat New Orleans under con
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to the views,Figs. to just mentioned. From these to utilise the upwardrays of light. Thosein the front sideration. The river 2400ft. wide,and
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views will be seen that the boilers are dis osed windows, being longer than the rest, have novel to constructthebridgewith sevenspansof 300ft. each,
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in pairs, the four single-endedboilers being aced arrangementfor avoiding strongshadowson the ceil one of which will be a draw span. The piers will
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back to back betweenthe two pairs of double-ended ing. The officesare lighted by ten lampsof the same consistof clustersof creosotedpiles cappedand cased
boilers. A bulkhead whch separatesthe two pairs power. The machineused one of Siemens’self~ with iron. The estimated cost 2,60,0001.
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