On Construction of the Ark: As Adapted to the Naval Architecture of the Present Day ; on the Equipment of Vessels and on Steam Navigation to IndiaJohn Weale, 1840 - 90 Seiten |
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Seite 86 - Excellence is never granted to man, but as the reward of labour. It argues indeed no small strength of mind to persevere in habits of industry, without the pleasure of perceiving those advances; which, like the hand of a clock, whilst they make hourly approaches to their point, yet proceed so slowly as to escape observation.
Seite 51 - Every person knows the manifold uses of this truly precious metal ; it is capable of being cast in moulds of any form ; of being drawn out into wires of any desired strength or fineness; of being extended into plates or sheets; of being bent in every direction; of being sharpened, hardened, and softened at pleasure.
Seite 74 - Let those who discard speculations like these as wild and improbable, recur to the state of public opinion, at no very remote period, on the subject of steam navigation. Within the memory of persons who have not yet passed the meridian of life, the possibility of traversing by the steam engine the channels and seas that surround and intersect these islands, was regarded as the dream of enthusiasts.
Seite 31 - Л vessel thus constructed, will be easier, safer, and drier, than one after the old fashionThe naves which strike a large vessel are not greater in size than those which strike a small one, proportionally they are much less so ; for any person may easily convince himself that the motion of the waves is not necessarily accompanied with a current of water in the same direction, by throwing any light substance into the sea a little beyond the breakers, or into a piece of standing water the surface...
Seite 7 - The capacity of the ark, which has been made an objection against scripture, ought to be esteemed a confirmation of its divine authority, since, in those ruder ages, men being less versed in arts and philosophy, were more obnoxious to vulgar prejudices than now, so that had it been a human invention, it would have been contrived according to those wild apprehensions which arise from a confused and general view of things, as much too big as it has been represented too little.
Seite 76 - The important commercial and political effects attending such increased facility and speed in the transport of persons and goods, are too obvious to require any very extended notice here. A part of the price (and in many cases- a considerable part) of every article of necessity or luxury, consists of the cost of transporting it from the producer to the consumer ; and consequently every abatement or saving in this cost must produce...
Seite 30 - ... and in a favourable gale materially assist in propelling her. The resistance, therefore, to a larger vessel, arises only from the increased quantity of fluid displaced by the increased section passing through the water ; so that in enlarging the dimensions of a vessel, eight times the capacity of tonnage of another, it will only require for the same, or even rather greater velocity, four times the mechanical power, giving a saving of one-half, as regards the power, consumption of coal, and capacity...
Seite 36 - ... at which a vessel may be propelled by steam, when we consider the extraordinary and unaccountable speed at which whales are known to move through the waters. The Great Western passes and re-passes the Atlantic Ocean, a distance of three thousand miles, with the precision and safety of a mail-coach : and all this vast power depends, in a great measure, on the buildingyards, mines, and workshops of England, which are thus in a wonderful manner made the means of diffusing Literature, Arts, Commerce,...
Seite 30 - ... section passing through the water ; so that in enlarging the dimensions of a vessel, eight times the capacity of tonnage of another, it will only require for the same, or even rather greater velocity, four times the mechanical power, giving a saving of one-half, as regards the power, consumption of coal, and capacity of carrying goods. With regard to the structure of steam vessels, experience will shew that both the entrance and run cannot be too fine ; and that of the two, the run should be...
Seite 38 - Soon shall thy arm, unconquered Steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or, on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air...