. American engineer and railroad journal . Fig. 42. THE LOCOMOTIVE THE THORNEYCROFT BOILER. After a run of more than sevenhours mill a half at sea, as wellat the conclusion of the test, thene could be brought up to 3,314 , at once by the use of BO airpressure equivalent to .6 in. of wa-in-, and the strain production forthis high service could be main-tained by a pressure of 1 In. ofwater. We frequently made Buddenstops of the engine while at fullspeed, and could bring the vesselback to full speed again in a fewminutes without paying any par-ticular attention to the boilers, sincet
. American engineer and railroad journal . Fig. 42. THE LOCOMOTIVE THE THORNEYCROFT BOILER. After a run of more than sevenhours mill a half at sea, as wellat the conclusion of the test, thene could be brought up to 3,314 , at once by the use of BO airpressure equivalent to .6 in. of wa-in-, and the strain production forthis high service could be main-tained by a pressure of 1 In. ofwater. We frequently made Buddenstops of the engine while at fullspeed, and could bring the vesselback to full speed again in a fewminutes without paying any par-ticular attention to the boilers, sincethey were in a condition to sustainsudden changes of boilers primed neither duringthe greatest forcing nor when therewas a sudden change made in thework of the The Geiiter can make ready tostart in three-quarters of an hour,and could do it in half an hour if somuch time were not required forwarming the engines. The English torpedo boats Ilawckand Hornet, each of which has alength of 180 ft. and a beam of 18ft. 6 in., are both equipped withtriple
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