494 SEC* 12. APPLIED MECHANICS. 



2178fb. Whole Model of the Woodside ferry paddle steam- 

 boat *' Cheshire," employed between Birkenhead and Liverpool. 

 Licensed to carry 1,620 passengers. Draught of water 6 ft. 

 Designed by Mr. George Harrison, M. Inst. C.E. 



South Kensington Museum. 



2178fc. Whole Model of the screw steamship Faraday." 

 Built by Mitchell & Co., Newcastle, in 10 months, 1874, for 

 Messrs. Siemens Brothers, for employment in carrying and laying 

 electric telegraph cables for ocean telegraph lines. Dr. C. W. 

 Siemens, Queen Anne's Gate. South Kensington Museum. 



2178fd. Half Model of the iron sailing ship "Victory." 

 Built 1863. Tons 1,198. Designed and built by Laurence Hill 

 & Co., Glasgow. South Kensington Museum. 



2178fe. Half Block Model of the Royal Mail screw steam- 

 ship " Boyne." Built 1871. Length (keel) 358 ft. 6 in., brea<lth 

 40 ft. 5 in., depth 34 ft. 6 in.; tons o.m. 2,882. W. Denny and 

 Brothers, Dumbarton. South Kensington Museum. 



2178ff. Half Model of paddle steamer "Glengyle." Con- 

 structed for the navigation of the river Yangtzee. Tons 2,040 ; 

 horse-power, 400 nominal. W. Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton, 

 N.B. South Kensington Museum. 



2178fg. Half Model of a corvette of the "Alabama" 



class. Proposed by Mr. George Turner, late master shipwright, 

 Woolwich Dockyard. Mr. George Turner. 



South Kensington Museum. 



2178fi. Whole Model of H.M. Indian relief steam troopship 



Jumna." Built 1866, by Palmer's Shipbuilding Company. 

 Length 365 feet, breadth 48 ft. 9 in., depth 42 ft. ; tons gross, 

 4,174; horse-power, 700 nominal; speed, 14J knots per hour; 

 scale, -fgtli real size. Palmer's Shipbuilding Company, Limited, 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne. South Kensington Museum. 



2178fj. Whole Model of the Mail Screw Steamer " Mon- 

 tana," Liverpool and New York line. Built 1873, by the 

 Palmer's Shipbuilding Company, Limited. Length 412 ft., 

 breadth 43J ft., depth 42| ft. ; tonnage gross, 4,320 horse-power, 

 nominal, 900; speed, 15^ knots per hour ; scale, Jg-th full size. 

 The Palmer Shipbuilding Company, Limited, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



South Kensington Museum. 



2154a. Model, showing the complete Framing and Con- 

 struction of the after body of the second " Submerged Pro- 

 peller," or screw steamship " Novelty," built by Mr. H. Wims- 

 hurst, 1839-40. South Kensington Museum. 



This was the first vessel fitted with direct-acting engines to drive the screw 

 propeller, and having means for shipping or unshipping the same. 



