. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . nd vibrating levers by which the problem of placing engines with vertical cylinders below the water-line has been solved. THE MONITORS. 293 of the overhang near the stern is cut out in i)ronounced the entire structure a fine speci- the middle, forming a cavity needed to give men of naval engineering,free sweep to the ])ropeller-blades; the slope The conHict in Hamjjton Roads, and the of the said cavity on either side of the ])ro- immediate building of a Heet of sea-going peller being considerably inclined in order to monitors by the Lnited S
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . nd vibrating levers by which the problem of placing engines with vertical cylinders below the water-line has been solved. THE MONITORS. 293 of the overhang near the stern is cut out in i)ronounced the entire structure a fine speci- the middle, forming a cavity needed to give men of naval engineering,free sweep to the ])ropeller-blades; the slope The conHict in Hamjjton Roads, and the of the said cavity on either side of the ])ro- immediate building of a Heet of sea-going peller being considerably inclined in order to monitors by the Lnited States Government, favor a free i)assage of the water to and from attracted great attention in all maritime coun- the i)ropeller-blades. tries, especially in the north of Europe. Ad- 3. The extreme beani at the forward side miral Lessoffsky of the Russian navy was of the propeller-well is thirty-one feet, while at once ordered to be present iluring the com- the diameter of the propeller is only nine feet; pleiion and trial of our sea-going IHt LUMliLibl vitEK •.NAbH\ ILLE, OGEECHEE KI\ EK, GEOKGIA. it will therefore be seen that the deck and sidearmor projects eleven feet on each side, thusprotecting most effectually the propelling in-strument as well as the e(iui{)oise rudder appliedaft of the same. It will be readily admittedthat no other vessel constructed here or else-where has such thorough protection to rudderand propeller as that just described. The foregoing description of the hastilyconstructed steam-battery proves that, so farfrom being, as generally supposed, a rudespecimen of naval construction, the Monitordisplayed careful planning, besides workman-ship of superior (]uality. Experts who exam-ined the vessel and machinery after completion The report of this talented officer to his gov-ernment being favorable, the P^mperor imme-diately ordered a fleet of twelve vessels onthe new system, to be constructed accordingto copies of the working drawi
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