 | William Newton - 1841
...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 - 1841
...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... | |
 | 1841
...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... | |
 | 1841
...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 - 1841
...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... | |
 | 1842
...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
...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) - 1848
...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) - 1848
...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... | |
 | 1841
...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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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... 