The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-21
THE TErEGRAPHIC SQUADRON.


Is the largest vessel, not only OF the telegraph squad
rom but The ees vessel In the world, and exceeds
the Duke Of Wellington the great lal gun ship of the Bril-
tsh navy BY 100 tons She has bean admired princi
pally for exquisite symmetry OF her model and tho
s thai abe the nasterplece OF OF The greaest
val architects attracted TO her the attention OF ali who
take interest in rhP building. Hor general
bears much stronger resemblance 10 huge clipper ship
than OF war; and is 10 kIs that the little favor she
meets from old nAnof wars is {, be attributed. Had
she looked like those floating batteries which We have
seen In the Navy Yard as Portsmouth, and Of which the
rissh Navy made such great display Ut the late review
al spilhead abe would doubt have suited ihsm much
better and been treated with . npls more enency than
some Of them have been disposed TO exhibit towards her
during our stay in England. However, she was built
on an entirely now model, aud n SUCCESS
rul matters lille whether n resembles thoce bluG
bowed heavy, square looking hus Viii, have hitherto
been regarded the very perfection Of vessels. Her
cns,h over OH s15 fee brosdth OF beam 90, depth OF
hold 81 feet inches, and measurement 500 TONS she
carries when fully armed, IL Dshgren guns zach ii
inches In The diameter Of the bore and capable OF throw
Ing q shell OF 100 pounds . distance Of four miles
These gurs vere cart 81 the wes Point foundry, and
weigh fourteen tons EACH rney have not been pu, on
board all tho washable spaoo the vessel In required
for other purposes but their phce temporarily supplied
Homeland end Of The great submarine cable shs have
been sGcoessuly landed u Trinity Bay, ON he southeact
crn coast OF thai island
The engines, boilers coal bankers, and all the aoces-
SORES Of his department arc siascd sboai The middle Of
NE ship and are 10 constructed occupy Ices space In
proportion 10 tae amount OF motive power than perhaps
those OF any other vsssc Of the kind In the world me
engine room u Supplied with pure cir By means Of
two huge veninaors suspended over me hatch,
and which act Ike immense Lungs, while the
srsc.ous skylieha fum ~ mos, secret recesscs.
The engine room, gallery, 10 entered from the berth
or spar rdeck by Iron saIrcasc, which hrinss
you or descent Of twenty feet, within view OF
ali Ia paris This room twenty eight feet long By
,.enty elk In widih and there part Of The machine
~ TIA, not easy OF 10 all employed about IL On
Almost every side indicators, by which marked
TIE number Of revolutions made by the engines the pres
sure the ssam the vacuum, tho temperature Of the
bet vel and the pressure or the Under nj al pArh OF
the stroke The ensines, OF which there three,
direct acting With connecting rode between the cylinders
and cr.ns, soIses ~ .,r,. e snSn
he vessel and The motion Of The piston Is from SIDE 10
,.de Each Of these seventy tro inches In diameter,
lhree feet stroke, and arranged with the ordinary steam
and cut valves, which vors ed by the Slovenian
Ink motion me snan on which all this force brougta
10 Bear h ono hundred feet nom s COS necton with the
ain engine crank sh, 10 hs junction with the propeller
liz weight any tons, and iu diameter seventeen inches
alley way or tunnel, constructed Of wrought iron,
-hch Fix feet nine inches in heshih and about I've In
width The whole Of This tunnel illumipl,e By go,e
IAmps nnording the engineers suhicen light 10 enable
them 10 poet al hose parts that require their attention
the propsller which u Of Griftn's patsn 10 made Of
bronze composition, Ia 49, feet In dameser, az feet
pttb and weighs about 10 TONS nh 20 arranged that
shep "a rtqui ed can be hosed out OF tue vser 90
AZ no, 70 the progress OF the vessel when under
sau fhe cylinders placed the aboard side OF
the vsssel and the opposite aide the three
denses each o. whoh has within tsolf the cir pump and
hot veil The air ps double acting, "a inches In
diameter feet stroke and working In the
az the air yrmpL There Is o Inch bilge pisc hon a.
isch ell 10 each oondenscr which capable OF bsne used
aisny time 10 free the shp from water. In addition 10
this there two bse pumps 10 inches IN diameter and
1sinch stroke, connected with the crank shan the
CINE which are 10 constant operation, keeping The ship
perfectly dry.
me ire ID reached BY q p,ssage way formed be-
tween bunhers and about "a feet the engine
gallery This apartment h "a long 10 feet side and
about Is feet n height Ga either side are the boilers
whlcs vertical tubular, and known ~ Martins pa
tent There are our altogether, and each has for
uaoes The furnaces each feet To- inches vide,
and feet inches long The dmensions Of each boiler
are 40 hllows:-
l6nRtn ON Uonssss' ss.s,..,,.s.s..sZ ret
Depth.. ssss.......s.s.......n feet inches
Hegnt .......................,..bf feet
50 face presented 70 NE 500 rpvare feoe
me harefs o. The iron plates Of which hese boilers