The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-03
The Great Eastern steamship-Prc parst no.
for the Launch Of the Monster.

Prom the Manchester Guardian, April 1871
little pamphlet has been published giving
Of this ship, now building at Mwau from the designs Of
Mr.. Brunei. IL Is published by Clarke Co., srand L.
says1he preparations for launching the ship are rapidly
hupcbps ssry in uv The na rena s !. ~ 70,
IS thus described by Mr.. Brunels-ln constructing tho
foundation Of the floor which the ship Is beng built
TO bear the whole weight OF the ship when completed Al.
those two points, when the launching has 10 be effected
two cradles will be Introduced and the entire fabric will
be lowered down gradually to low water MARK whence
ON the ensuing tide, the vessel viii be loaed or The
contractor Messrs eadwe, Of Glouecser and Bristol
have undertaken the excavation, png and o<ber works
necessary FOR the foundation u the launching ways
Among the passions which belong 70 human nature we
those primitive works q fiction which feed he childish
imagination appeal very boldly to this passion They go
houses, and lions ten times bigger than actual men rca
houses and live lions But this the only quarter ir
r ' a msae science, WIN All US gravity,
ac,y the childish fairy tale did. whAs snrie nrye
dent astronomy, for example, tells IN creating u
abouDds The figures which represent the distances o.
heavenly bodies from u.s. or the speed w<A which light,
the speed with which electricity travels have Inc same
fascination for the scientnc thai the numbers in ,hs
bankers book have for the covetous Imagination Tho
one set OF figures constitutes the conventional symbol for
space, and the other for wealth.
Whoever wants to feed ths natural passou sr sSse IN
me primitive way, pd TO see true giant IN is own
But before he goes we recommend him, unless he ~
very well versed in the Book VI Genesis, TO turn &c.
ne oth chaptcr, and refresh his memory Ia the d..
mansions Of Noah's Ark and the fashion of is making
The length OF the ark shall be 300 cubs, the breadth
Ooubit, and The height OF 30 cubts So reckoning the
ubts al foot and half, have ship 40 eei long 10
feet broad, and 45 feet high. While the visitor collect,
ing data ships, sacred aud pofanc, he may o1,
Marlborough" in the Nary Lis, and there he VIII th
he largest line of battle ship In the British navy exactly
a 1000 tons burtben. And now let him 80 board OF
Greenwich steamer and be steamed through the presope
col 10 hlwall Just opposite Depiford he will be awars
something pre- adamic waowing the mud Of The Is,.
Il Dogsa stranded sauran ship, 10 which eycn Noah's
Ark must yield precedence, and TO which AL the Narbo
ronqhs and weinetons and Merrmacks and Nararas ir
the world are cockboas. An iron bull of The bur
den of $1,000 TONS nearly 200 feet hong, and high win
meet his eyethe hull Of Mr. Scott Russes srsa, s,ry
We must give few figures, for every
figure is monster and worth looking nj soparielv ,p.
figure Of 3O0Oo-the number u tho iron plaes vbich
compose the enormous erection, each weighing inc b,rd
of ton, and each fastened by 100 rivets T shin wiz
1000 passengers, 800 Of whom Arc ira,
class. On an emergency she could carry 10000 troo,s
She win contain 10 boilers and 100 furnaces Tho cvlndo
VI every engine will be six feet In diameter and viii ,yoo
five times as much az the great bell OF 81 pan,'s ~
SCI ew propeller will be ~ feet in diameter ard tho Az
eter Of The paddle wheels will be % feet or Considers
by larger Than The circus at Astcys The prncinaI mi.
Oh saloons VIII be 400 feet in tength, and promncnas,
round inc deck VII afford walk of more than onar,rr -
mile This monster ship will combine steam novsr r.,
both shapes, screw and paddle with Ealing power enc
VIII cary 700 IONS Of coal she wiz be lighted by gss