. Factory and industrial management. < G(d < H 60 C ?^ S H -J o O , — ^^ -^ 3 Q 337 338 THE ENGINEERING 36-FOOT ELECTRIC CABIN 8 miles per hour. Operated on Hudson River and New York Bay. Electric Launch Co., Bayonne, N. J. to be somewhat expensive fuels for a gas engine. They are, however,employed for this purpose in India where they are used on the scoreof economy. Probably nothing has been done with them in marineengines. The electric launch needs very little explanation, as the electricmotor is familiar to all of us. As in the electric automobile, currentis fu
. Factory and industrial management. < G(d < H 60 C ?^ S H -J o O , — ^^ -^ 3 Q 337 338 THE ENGINEERING 36-FOOT ELECTRIC CABIN 8 miles per hour. Operated on Hudson River and New York Bay. Electric Launch Co., Bayonne, N. J. to be somewhat expensive fuels for a gas engine. They are, however,employed for this purpose in India where they are used on the scoreof economy. Probably nothing has been done with them in marineengines. The electric launch needs very little explanation, as the electricmotor is familiar to all of us. As in the electric automobile, currentis furnished to the motor by a storage battery. Batteries of primarycells have been tried and even placed upon the market, but have provenmore troublesome than otherwise. The vapor engine appeals to those familiar with the steam engine,owing to the similarity of its operation. It is practically automatic inits action, after once started, and takes up considerably less spacethan a steam plant of the same power. Quite a number of these enginesare in use, especially for pleasure craft. The gasoline engine is quite popular,
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