. The railroad and engineering journal . Vol. LXIV, Ko. 4.] ENGINEERING JOURNAL. 167 Si/J-tiOff. > < u < t/i QUH ZD Q < CO OZ </) Di(/I B u wz oz u O HZ U Suoz < OS Department having decided that the worlcs of that Com-pany were not at present in a condition to build the vesselswithout delay. ENGINES FOR THE 3,000-T0N CRUISERS. In the March Journal a descriptionwas given of Cruis-ers Nos. 7 and 8, generally known as 3,000-ton there noted, these ships are to be twin-screw steel cruisers with heavy protective decii, having a length of 300ft., a breadth of 42 ft., a
. The railroad and engineering journal . Vol. LXIV, Ko. 4.] ENGINEERING JOURNAL. 167 Si/J-tiOff. > < u < t/i QUH ZD Q < CO OZ </) Di(/I B u wz oz u O HZ U Suoz < OS Department having decided that the worlcs of that Com-pany were not at present in a condition to build the vesselswithout delay. ENGINES FOR THE 3,000-T0N CRUISERS. In the March Journal a descriptionwas given of Cruis-ers Nos. 7 and 8, generally known as 3,000-ton there noted, these ships are to be twin-screw steel cruisers with heavy protective decii, having a length of 300ft., a breadth of 42 ft., a mean draft of 18 ft., and a dis-placement of 3,183 tons. They will carry one 6-in. andnine 4-in. rapid-fire guns, with a heavy secondary battery. The accompanying illustrations, which are taken fromthe Report of the Bureau of Steam Engineering, show theengines designed by the Bureau for these vessels. In theseillustrations, fig. I is a plan of one of the engines ; fig. 2,a longitudinal section ; fig. 3, an end view from the afterend, with the frame broken away to show the connecting-rod and
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