. The railroad and engineering journal . on hydraulic turrets are 24 ft. 6 in. in diameter, and are armoredwith steel plates il^ in. thick. In addition to the largeguns there are four 6-pdr. Hotchkiss guns on deck andtwo revolving cannon in the tops of the military mastswith which the ship is provided. LAUNCH OF THE DETROIT. The new cruiser Detroit was launched from the yard ofthe Columbian Iron Works in Baltimore, October 28. Sheis an unarmored steel cruiser 257 ft. in length and 37 , and will have a mean draft of 14 ft. 6 in. Themachinery is covered by a protective deck var
. The railroad and engineering journal . on hydraulic turrets are 24 ft. 6 in. in diameter, and are armoredwith steel plates il^ in. thick. In addition to the largeguns there are four 6-pdr. Hotchkiss guns on deck andtwo revolving cannon in the tops of the military mastswith which the ship is provided. LAUNCH OF THE DETROIT. The new cruiser Detroit was launched from the yard ofthe Columbian Iron Works in Baltimore, October 28. Sheis an unarmored steel cruiser 257 ft. in length and 37 , and will have a mean draft of 14 ft. 6 in. Themachinery is covered by a protective deck varying fromf in. to \ in. in thickness, and is further protected by acoffer-dam filled with cellulose and by the arrangementof the coal bunkers. Her displacement with a normalload is 2,000 tons. The ship has twin screws, each driven by a triple-expan-sion engine of the vertical inverted type, having cylinders26J in., 39 in. and 63 in. in diameter and 26 in. stroke. NOTES ON COMBUSTION. By C. Chomienne, Engineer. i^Centinuedfrom pagt 501.). THE NEW CRUISER DETROIT FOR THE UNITED STATES NAVY. The engines are e.\pected to develop 5,400 , with 160lbs. boiler pressure and running at 185 revolutions. Thereare three double-ended boders 11 ft. 8 in. in diameter and18 ft. 8 in. long, and two single-ended boilers 11 ft. 8 diameter and 9 ft. 2 in. long. The forced draft is onthe closed ash-pit system. The coal bunkers will hold 200 tons, and extra bunkersare provided so that 435 tons can be carried. With thelatter supply the cruising range is 8,950 knots at a lo-knotspeed. The contract speed with full power is 17 knots anhour. The armament carried will consist of two 6-in. andeight 4-in. rapid-fire guns. The secondary battery willinclude four 6-pdr. and four 3-pdr. rapid-fire guns andtwo 37 mm. () revolving cannon. There will alsobe six torpedo-tubes. The Detroit has two masts and will have a fore-and-aftrig. The general appearance of the ship is shown by theaccompanying s
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