520 SEC. 12. APPLIED MECHANICS. 



2159g. Two Drawings showing the four cylinder com- 

 pound Engines designed and fitted by Maudslay, Sons, and 

 Field in the steaernrs of the " White Star " line, and in those of 

 the " Compagnie Generale Transatlantique." 



Maudslay, Sons, and Field. 



2159a. Model of Direct-acting Screw Engines, date 

 1850, made for the Danish Government by Maudslay, Sons, and 

 Field. Maudslay, Sons, and Field. 



2159b. Model of Direct-acting Screw Engines, as 



fitted in 1851 by Maudslay, Sons, and Field in the mail steamers 

 from London to Calcutta, and from London to the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Maudslay, Sons, and Field. 



2159c. Model of Horizontal, Double Piston Bod, 

 Direct-acting Screw Engines, as fitted in H.M.S. " Agin- 

 court," 1,350 horse-power nominal, and in H.M. ships " Prince 

 Consort," " Caledonia" and "Ocean," each 1,000 horse-power 

 nominal. Maudslay, Sons, and Field. 



2178a. Photograph of the "Germanic" and "Bri- 

 tannic " mail steamers, belonging to the " White Star " line 

 from Liverpool to New York. An abstract log of one of the 

 voyages of the "Germanic" is attached to the frame. Length 

 470 ft., breadth 45 ft.; tons register, 5,004; 760 horse-power 

 nominal, four cylinder compound engines by Maudslay, Sons, 

 and Field. Ships built by Harland and Wolff, of Belfast/ 



Maudslay, Sons, and Field. 



2148ea. Model, showing T T ^ of the length of the Floating 

 Dock, built for the Spanish Government for the Royal Dock- 

 yards at Carthagena and Ferrol, 1856-7. 

 Dimensions : 



Total length - - - 350 feet. 



Extreme breadth - 105 feet. 



Depth inside - 37 feet 6 ins. 



Displacement - 13,000 tons. 



Total weight - - - 5,000 tons. 



Weight of ship lifted, 6,500 tons. 

 Scale of model, 1 inch to 1 foot. 



J. fy G. Rennie. 



2148eb. Photograph of the Iron Floating Dock at 

 Bermuda, built by J. Elder and Co., Glasgow; carrying H.M.S. 

 " Royal Alfred," 6,720 tons displacement. 



Campbell, Johnstone, fy Co. 



The dock is capable of sustaining H.M.S. " Fury," of 10,400 tons dis- 

 placement. 



