ON STEAM-SHIP PERFORMANCE. 



Table I.— MERCHANT PADDLE-STEAMEES. 



65 



Groups of a Speed 



Subgroups of Displacement. 



Wame of Vessel . 



[icngth on load-water-line, in feet 



Jreadth, in feet 



iToan draft of water, in feet 



Ijca of immersed midship section, sq. ft. 

 )is])Iacement, in tons of 35 cubic feet 



ff ean immersed girth, in feet 



ifaterial and state of skin 



Engines. 



)escription 



fumber of cylinders 



)iameter of cylinders, in inches 



■ength of stroke, in feet 



fumber of revolutions, per minute 



Tominal horse-power 



ndicated horse-power 



Propeller. 



'escription 



iameter, in feet 



ength of paddle, in feet 



readth of paddle, in feet 



umber of paddles 



epth of immersion of lower edge, in feet 

 seed of vessel, in nautical miles per hour 



Boilers. 



eseription 



•essure of steam in boiler, Ibs.on the sq.in. 



eam-room, in cubic feet 



I'ater-room in cubic feet 



umber of furnaces 



.-imber of boilers 



<-ate surface, in square feet 



' >tal heating surface 



t.nsumption of coals, in lbs. per hour .. 



Weights. 



^tal of engines, in tons 



ch wheel 



ilers without water 



iter in boilers 



From 9 to 1 1 



knots. 



F. 



Between 2000 

 and 4000 tons. 



La Plata. 



Between 11 and 13 knots. 



Between 500 and 1000 tons. 



Anglia. 



Admiral. 



Cambria. 



284 



40-5 

 1909 



3809 



Side lever. 

 2 



103 

 9 



I2'3I 



876 



Radial, fixed. 

 36 

 105 



316 

 28 



1079 



Tubular. 

 14-82 

 4240 

 5125 



24 



4 



616 



16947 



8149 



495"5 

 37-5 

 219 



131 



ference to Eeports | jgSo 



•ormation supplied by '..'.['..',', (Royal Mail Co. 



'"^'•'^s Moderate wind 



and tide. 



187-83 



2616 



9 



18625 



620 



Doub. cyl. 

 4 



48-5 



45 



33°'52 

 81607 



ModiEMorgan's. 

 24-5 



95 

 3-67 



12 

 5-16 



12-96 



Tubidar. 



14 



300 



F=84] 

 INI = 54 1 210 

 A-72J 

 32 



7-5 

 214 

 820 



3143 

 Iron painted ; 

 clean. 



Double cylinder. 

 4 



;76-s 



425 

 24 



'9775 



744 



Feathering. |Modif. Morgan's 

 20-05 to journals. 28 



7 I 7 



3 

 II 



12 



12 



2 

 160 



4508-44 

 5580 



40-97 



35 



7860. 



Admiral 



Moorsom. 



Fair wind; fair 



tide ; mo 



derate sea. 



25 



100 

 2206 



210, with boilers. 



i«(J7. 



i860. 



Prof. Eankine & 



J. R. A^apier. 



4 



16s 



6134 



5760 



117 



23'5 



66 



60 



1860& 1861. 



Wind light. 



