. The railroad and engineering journal . \ \ r cylinders 13J in., 21 in. and 31 in. in diameter and 20 They are expected to develop 1,300 at 240revolutions per minute and 160 lbs. working ship will have two boilers, each 8 ft. 8 in. in diam-eter and 17 ft. long, with two corrugated furnaces 39 diameter. LAUNCH OF THE NEWARK. The cruiser Newark, which was successfully launchedat the Cramp Yards in Philadelphia, March 19, was amongthe first of the large cruisers ordered for the Navy, buther completion has been delayed by different causes. TheNewark is ab
. The railroad and engineering journal . \ \ r cylinders 13J in., 21 in. and 31 in. in diameter and 20 They are expected to develop 1,300 at 240revolutions per minute and 160 lbs. working ship will have two boilers, each 8 ft. 8 in. in diam-eter and 17 ft. long, with two corrugated furnaces 39 diameter. LAUNCH OF THE NEWARK. The cruiser Newark, which was successfully launchedat the Cramp Yards in Philadelphia, March 19, was amongthe first of the large cruisers ordered for the Navy, buther completion has been delayed by different causes. TheNewark is about the same size and general dimensions asthe Baltimore, but has been built on different lines, herdesign being entirely due to the Navy Department. The principal dimensions of this vessel are as follows :Extreme length, 329 ft. ; length on load water-line, 310. ft. ; molded breadth, 49 ft. ; extreme breadth, ft. ;depth from fiat keel plates to under side of spar-deck, ft. ; mean draft, ft. ; displacement to loadwater-line, tons ; tons per inch at load water-line, ; area of load water-plane, 10,481 sq. ft. ; area of im-mersed midship section, sq. ft. The Neiuark \i\\\have three masts, and the area of the sails will be 11,932sq. ft. The battery will consist of ten 6-in. rifled cannonmounted on central pivot carriages. None of these gunswill be mounted on the forecastle or poop-deck, but willbe carried underneath each of these decks. Tliere will also be a heavy secondary battery of rapid-fire and ma-chine guns. The motive power will be furnished by two triple-ex-pansion engines, one to each screw, having cylinders 34in., 48 in. and 76 in. in diameter and 40 in. stroke. Thereare four boilers 13 ft. 6 in. in diameter and 19 ft. 6 , intended to carry a working pressure of 160 engines are expected
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