 | 1855 - 712 Seiten
...the Sovereign nf the Seat, and other celebrated sailing clipper ships, giving their logs, and showing their speed, on long runs, to be from 8} to nearly...employment of iron sailing clipper ships, of about 3,000 tons, builder's measurement, with large sail power, and so constructed as to attain the highest... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1855 - 640 Seiten
...speed, on long runs, to be from 8} to nearly 13 miles per hour. One of this class of ships, of 2, 525 tons burthen, was stated to spread about 13,000 yards...employment of iron sailing clipper ships, of about 3,000 tons, builder's measurement, with large sail power, and so constructed as to attain the highest... | |
 | 1855 - 708 Seiten
...on long runs, to be from 8} to nearly 13 miles per hour. One of this class of ships, of 2,525 ton« burthen, was stated to spread about 13,000 yards of...employment of iron sailing clipper ships, of about 3,000 tons, builder's measurement, with large sail power, and so constructed as to attain the highest... | |
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One of this class of ships, of 2, 525 tons burthen, was stated to spread about 13,000 yards of canvas, in a single suit of sails. The early attempts to introduce auxiliary power on board East India traders, especially alluding to those by Messrs. Seawards,... 