. The railroad and engineering journal . ition (or any change of operating. Full safety can only be secured when there are two steeringgears in connection with the rudder, and when suitable provisionis made, so that power may be applied without delay, withoutremoving the pins and at any position of the rudder. Bothgears must be reacting, or suited to be moved by and with eachother. A steam-engine for steering a vessel may be started andstopped with precision and perfection, but the momentum of avessel tends always to keep it on the direct foiward course, andthe only method of preventing a coll
. The railroad and engineering journal . ition (or any change of operating. Full safety can only be secured when there are two steeringgears in connection with the rudder, and when suitable provisionis made, so that power may be applied without delay, withoutremoving the pins and at any position of the rudder. Bothgears must be reacting, or suited to be moved by and with eachother. A steam-engine for steering a vessel may be started andstopped with precision and perfection, but the momentum of avessel tends always to keep it on the direct foiward course, andthe only method of preventing a collision in emergencies is by Vol. LXIII, No. 6.] ENGINEERING JOURNAL. 291 a quick change of the rudder, which requires reliable and pow-erful machinery. The frequent damage of the rudder and de-struction to the steering connections endangers navigation, ftis often caused by the rigidity of the steering apparatus, as it isgenerally constructed, and by the impossibility of any accompanying illustrations show a new apparatus for.
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