. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 12.—General plan of the Taurus, a catamaran galley gunboat proposed by Sir Sidney Smith. , to the British Admiralty in the early years of the French Revolution. From the Admiralty Collection of Draughts, National Maritime Museum. Greenwich. between each pair of tholes (Admiralty Collection of Draughts, The .National Maritime Museum, Green- wich, England). Another experimenter with the double-hull type of vessel was a wealthy Scot named Patrick Miller who was particularly interested in manual propulsion of vessels, employing geared
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 12.—General plan of the Taurus, a catamaran galley gunboat proposed by Sir Sidney Smith. , to the British Admiralty in the early years of the French Revolution. From the Admiralty Collection of Draughts, National Maritime Museum. Greenwich. between each pair of tholes (Admiralty Collection of Draughts, The .National Maritime Museum, Green- wich, England). Another experimenter with the double-hull type of vessel was a wealthy Scot named Patrick Miller who was particularly interested in manual propulsion of vessels, employing geared capstans to operate paddle wheels. In a letter dated June 9, 1790, Miller offered Gustav III of Sweden a design for a double-hulled 144-gun ship-of-the-line (rating as a 130-gun ship) propelled l>\ mally operated capstans connected to a paddle wheel between the hulls. She was rigged to sail, with five masts and was to be 246 feet long, 63 feel beam, and 17 feet draft; the hulls were 16 feet apart. This project was submitted by the King to Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, the greal Swedish naval archi- i'-\ |. 156 BULLETIN 210: CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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