The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-20

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Tres Dichsss' Houssns,d Werxs Hsy asI
ms huge fabric srsctsg At tue Ise Of Doga lbs,ow
Lsndsa,) - yet besrs no ressablsaos " Suy knowa
snS psrerl.r sn.s tn eye u..ss 70 asss,'
however, shows line Of uprixats at each cad which
raIt the shelving proportsns q s.en sad stern, ami
then one can perceive that the object before really
standing on the banks Of the river Thames, with
the ether d not easy form Just CONGESTION q this
marine monster, shieh for waat Of . better aaae.
conp.Dy from designs BY Mr. sraS. Il. saxissss
whore conception tbs entire fabric IT, When remind
rsatsrs thst the Royal Albert line Of battle skip OF
oas hundred and twenty guns 10 so0ethng under four
thousand toss and about two huaared and wsaty feet
In spgth, and that the Smia and Hmalays present
twenty feet In length, o. thsresbosts they may farn
Idea OF the proportions OF thus EAstsrS Nav
Sc six hundred and eighty fsst in length ana Of twenty.
i've thousand tons burden IN other words of tAaa
above ssuss III. sS Of sss s..ss sao sas
Our readers win have frequenty heard discussions
70 the relative merits OF paddles and sersvs In the
Leviathan tho screw win be combined with the paddle
worried by engines nomually Of two THOUSAND ak hun.
dred horse power but in reality capable OF being worked
cidsnts ct nschnery, and prsvssr sny dstsn
ton fem such The paddle wheels viii aot only
but each Vim bs set in notion BY several sets Of ma
chinery Of superabundant power, 30 that ct all tunes
des.nssnents Or cleaning Of one or two cyadss. or
Steam viii b the sole propsuins 20 wer, CANVASS
being contemplated this vessel Ia fixing the great
obtained the elements speed hitherto unknown in
ocean going steamers 1t Is confidently predicted that
by the great length Of the Levathan she viii 30 ,lsa
- pass through the water at an average speed in ell
westhers Of fifteen knots heur With smaller power
!, 70 tn.. vessels r..
ocean mall carrying steamers is eight inots
pany intend making their first voyage to Australia.
Tho actual distance from Milford Haven the compAnys
starting point to Port Philip Ia less than $4,000 miss,
II ports be touched ct. speed Of fifteen knots
miles an hour averaged from land to land would take
the Lvathan to the golden colony about thirty two
speed by avoiding an soppagss for COAL which, bsdss
OBTAINING ship many doys in the different ports,
Befe We find another novelty brought to hear
By MI. Brunei ship Of Fhis huge capacity carry
tons OF sumcient II u stated for hsr
Space win stu Be left for 200 tons cargo the massive
machinery, and 1900 passengers, with their luggage
Tho advantage Of this arrangement q two.fod. Be-
sides the avoidance Of stoppass for co.lng tbs voy
have been paid to sailing vessels fer the Conveyance Of
fuel to the ceapg depots, which, three ourshs OF
the quantity consumed on one voyase wsuld amount to
sum sufficient to built and alp steamer Of two
three hundred tons.
In order compensate for the great loss Of weight
caused by all this enormous pton OF fuel and
TO maintain eqnal Immersion Of the paddles the coal
vill to csra extest, BE- replaced by water pumped
the ship, and Of which shall presently have occasion
to speak. In addition to this arrangement the paddles
oeen adjusted tho wheels ofhctont
at ors draught Of water ~ ct another
Itisinpossibls to judge of the future aaish
eomnOdstion Of such gigantic ship as the LeyiAthsa
visions Of metal plates, reaching TO an incredible
height with sub compartments s right angles appear
and oblong spases, each OF which would contain an
eight house OF Camden Town build, or q semi
detached villa from Stockwen At forty pouads per
annum
We inspected . model Of this ship in wood and
could scarcely believe that the unsghy Of ro.
Mat 81 Wofn md AfnfQ hall mid
By any possible ingenuity, b wrought int
forward a. sharply IS e Uoodmss's Ratchet or
Thames wherry. From that model We were
e ss
thousand FIRST class passengers would be berthed in
their i've hundred state cabins sad where the two thou
placed, without nearly 81 mach crowdng IS In an
ordinary passenger Or smiyrant shtp.
mas deck saloon sixty feet length and forty in
width, and fifteen feet IN height, with second class
in height The Levsthan has these, and they sppsar
but small compartments Of the huge interior.
tary authorities who much In want Of steam
transports to the seat Of this monster ship
now two divisions Of the French army Of ten thousand
each, ready to be conveyed to the of their
fuel for = abort voyage, could take on board one q
those divisions entire, with HORSES fodder ARTILLERY and
With proper arrangement in tho Crmss could return
and carry the secoud Of those small armies aud could
arrive back at M.rselss for the second time within ono
month from her first starting.
1t has been deemed an achievement worthy Of msn-
ton to convey entire regiment Of light cavalry from
in aosat two month"; the calculations IS to the speed
of the Leviathan corect-which learned heads
have conveyed at least half dozen regiments of cavalry
from Bombay to Bslaklava, BY way OF Cape OF Good
ana no nusS than was rssusd for
the one regiment conveyed through Egypt.
Had the old system Of ship bailding stu prevailed
with regard to going steanaershad ship wrghts
and rivet msthod-ws would never such
companies Certain it is that the Lsviathsn could not
have been built tho wooden system Tho mightiest
1ond no 10 h
half her size. Strength enough could not have been OBJ
tanned with the most ponderous masses of timber work,
bracsd they might have been with iron and "copper" to
living beings. Yet the monster Of snicn We are nov
wonderful in it's unheard.of cspscity-is composed Of
plates Of iron less than one inch In thickness.
secret o. the great srsns.n attained y tins com
structure of the hull 1t 10 built throughout in distinct
Compartments the principle OF the Britannia Tabular
Bridge, and when finished viii be in fact huge tubu
lar chip The principle of that structure need not here
be dweit upon It VIII suffice to explain that the whole
Of this win be divided into ten hage wstertght
compartments by Of iron plato bulkhesds carried
the upper decx thereby extending far above the
water bne In addition this great safeguard against
accident the whole length ship except where she
tspers OF at either end protected by double skin Of
metal plating the outer one being distant three feet
from the interior. These double tubular sides
ried too far above the deepest water mark and mas
much traverse buikheads extend the outer Of
these skins they divided into many water tight sub
divisions any two Of which, though torn
tured and filled with water, would not affect the buoy
sncy safety OF the ship.
Besides great transverse divisions before alluded
to- there enormously strong longitudinal bulk
heads OF iron running from stem to stern each forty
deck adding greatly to the seldty and safety Of the
vessel. The main compartments thus formed by
the bulbhesds have means Of communication by
iron sliding doors the top easily and efsct1aly
closed in time of need Ia this way not only ell the
most exposed portions Of the ship double skinned but
the body Ia cut up into great number OF very large
but perfectly dstnc Gre and proof
forming, indeed many colossal iron safes II can
imagine rock 10 penetrate the douos SKIN, and make
its sharp way into any Of those might
al with water without any dstrmsnt to the rest of this
chip
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