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  WORK 
  OF 
  STEAMER 
  ALBATROSS. 
  55 
  

  

  key 
  to 
  the 
  fly-wheel 
  of 
  the 
  dynamo 
  engine, 
  the 
  old 
  one 
  having 
  worked 
  

   loose. 
  We 
  have 
  had 
  the 
  commutator 
  turned 
  down 
  and 
  polished. 
  We 
  

   have 
  removed 
  the 
  submarine 
  lamp 
  from 
  the 
  deep-sea 
  cable 
  to 
  make 
  place 
  

   and 
  the 
  engine, 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  we 
  may 
  set 
  the 
  pressure 
  at 
  pleasure, 
  and 
  

   also 
  know 
  if 
  the 
  valve 
  is 
  working 
  properly. 
  We 
  have 
  been 
  obliged 
  to 
  sub- 
  

   stitute 
  a 
  copper 
  for 
  an 
  iron 
  steam-pipe 
  on 
  the 
  dynamo 
  engine; 
  as 
  the 
  con- 
  

   tinuous 
  jarring 
  caused 
  leaks 
  in 
  the 
  iron 
  fittings. 
  We 
  have 
  fitted 
  a 
  new 
  

   for 
  the 
  photometer. 
  In 
  a 
  gale 
  of 
  wind 
  the 
  guys 
  of 
  the 
  cabin 
  chandelier 
  

   broke, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  lamp 
  swung 
  it 
  sheared 
  off 
  the 
  electric 
  wires. 
  We 
  re- 
  

   stored 
  the 
  wires 
  and 
  replaced 
  the 
  rope 
  guys 
  with 
  proper 
  brass 
  ones. 
  

  

  The 
  dynamo 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  operation 
  1,628 
  hours 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  during 
  

   which 
  time 
  a 
  mean 
  of 
  about 
  47£ 
  lamps 
  have 
  been 
  burning, 
  aggregating 
  

   the 
  following 
  cost 
  : 
  

  

  Essential 
  r.^rnses 
  of 
  illumination. 
  

  

  15$% 
  tons 
  of 
  coal, 
  at 
  $5.02 
  $76 
  56 
  

  

  192 
  lamps, 
  at 
  61.8 
  cents* 
  118 
  65 
  

  

  36 
  gallons 
  of 
  oil, 
  at 
  60 
  cents 
  21 
  60 
  

  

  3 
  brashes, 
  at 
  60 
  cents 
  1 
  80 
  

  

  3 
  cut-out 
  blocks, 
  at 
  32 
  cents 
  96 
  

  

  32 
  3-light 
  safety-plugs, 
  at 
  8 
  cents 
  2 
  56 
  

  

  25 
  6-ligbt 
  safety-plugs, 
  at 
  8 
  cents. 
  2 
  00 
  

  

  7 
  key-sockets, 
  at 
  90 
  cents 
  6 
  30 
  

  

  Refitting 
  cross-head 
  journal 
  of 
  dynamo 
  engine 
  8 
  00 
  

  

  2 
  plain 
  sockets, 
  at 
  46 
  cents 
  92 
  

  

  Shortening 
  dynamo 
  belt 
  • 
  '> 
  95 
  

  

  1 
  pound 
  No. 
  12 
  insulated 
  wire, 
  at 
  40 
  cents 
  40 
  

  

  51 
  ) 
  feet 
  of 
  flexible 
  cord, 
  at 
  15 
  cents 
  7 
  f>0 
  

  

  1 
  pound 
  No. 
  18 
  insulated 
  wire, 
  at 
  40 
  cents 
  40 
  

  

  2 
  cigar-lighter 
  plugs, 
  at 
  55 
  cents 
  1 
  10 
  

  

  Additional 
  expenses. 
  

  

  4 
  double-pole 
  cut 
  out 
  blocks, 
  at 
  $1.10 
  4 
  40 
  

  

  f> 
  81 
  * 
  I 
  igbt 
  safety-plugs, 
  at 
  17 
  cents 
  .. 
  85 
  

  

  5 
  plain 
  sockets, 
  at 
  46 
  cents 
  2 
  30 
  

  

  2 
  pounds 
  of 
  insulation 
  compound 
  - 
  • 
  

  

  5 
  attachment 
  plugs, 
  at 
  25 
  cents 
  1 
  25 
  

  

  50 
  feet 
  of 
  submarine 
  cable, 
  at 
  12 
  cents 
  6 
  00 
  

  

  2P.B. 
  sliding 
  fixtures, 
  at 
  $6.50 
  13 
  00 
  

  

  2 
  P. 
  B. 
  standard 
  switches, 
  at 
  $3.75 
  7 
  50 
  

  

  2 
  P. 
  P.. 
  standard 
  switches, 
  at 
  $2.3. 
  r 
  > 
  4 
  70 
  

  

  Total 
  expenses 
  2 
  ( 
  .> 
  - 
  .' 
  94 
  

  

  Deducting 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  fixtures 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  plant 
  (luring 
  the 
  

   year, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  submarine 
  cables, 
  sockets, 
  and 
  attachment 
  plugs 
  used 
  

   in 
  building 
  and 
  repairing 
  the 
  submarine 
  cables, 
  there 
  remains 
  an 
  ex- 
  

   penditure 
  of 
  $252.80 
  for 
  the 
  legitimate 
  illumination 
  of 
  the 
  ship. 
  

  

  * 
  The 
  price 
  of 
  lamps 
  during 
  1885 
  has 
  been 
  85 
  cents 
  apiece, 
  but 
  the 
  Edison 
  company, 
  

   finding 
  they 
  bad 
  delivered 
  us 
  a 
  bad 
  lot 
  of 
  lamps, 
  gave 
  us 
  an 
  equal 
  number 
  of 
  good 
  

   ones 
  without 
  charge. 
  This 
  brought 
  the 
  price 
  of 
  lamps 
  to 
  61.8 
  cents. 
  

  

  