The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-11-16

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The Bsz Buffalo Shtp---5O, 900 Pas.
semgers.
We mentioned, few days since, the pro-
posed lecture of Mr.. Gernain, in Buffalo, in
| regard to a large ship to be constructed by
him. Mr. G. has lectured No copy a
sketch of his lecture from the papers of that
city: -ss4.
He said vessels that were very long were
stronger than shorter ones, aud that length
produced steadiness. The oceanic forces are
not to be yielded to, but overcome. We
can set their utmost force at defiance.
He showed how vessels were and could be
destroyed by being exactly on the top of one
wave, the weight fracturing them. Others
would be fractured by having their ends
resting on two waves, the support of the
water having gone from the center. In
both of these cases they would break in q
single fracture. But vessel resting on a
number of waves would have SO many
points of support that she could not be
broken except by compound fracture
From this, he argued that as much strength
was not necessary in long vessel as in a
short one. But to put it beyond the reach
of doubt, the long vessels could be built
stronger than the Great Eastern. --.a.
In the picture shown the vessel was to be
1000 feet in length. At each end the YES
sci had formation like a fin for 500 feet,
which was continued along the side like
rib imparting great buoyancy to the vessel,
and immense stiffness and strength. The
buoyancy of the fin and rib was estimated
at a lifting power of 1000 tons. The roll
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fore, without the immense displacement of
millions of tons of water by the movement
of these larger fins or ribs, which are to be
each 20 feet wide and 5000 feet long. The
side fins of fish were given them to steady
themselves with, the tails being motors, and
this was the object of this lin or rib. He
gave a scientific description of the powers
of water in motion, illustrating it with
drawings.
The fins, he stated were of another i'm
portant use besides that of buoyancy and
strength, for the purpose of surface conden-
>ation. The fms or ribs of Mr.. Gernain's
vessel, are to be of iron and constantly un-
der water, and constantly kept cool by
change of position. By discharging the steam
into these fms or ribs it is Immediately con-
depsed, and by pumps conveyed, either warm
or cold, back to the boilers. The steam
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uld thus fulfill all the use of condens-
ing engine. The amount Of con lensing sur
face in each of these ribs, would be that of
an iron room 20 feet wide, 0 feet high, and
$500 feet long.
hour iIi would fd thF6jtAR hjtR speed of 100 miles an
only at the rate of 3 miles an hour. fhe
upper part of the boat is made sharp; the
pilot house and the pipes present q sharp
Il kIor 0,4',r
ance as possible. Such vessel as he pro-
poses, 900 feet long-disp places 10000
tons-has capacity to carry $4,000 tons of
freight and passengers. The machinery
will weigh Is, 900 tons. There would be
no greater amount of horse power required
proportionally than the Great Eastern has.
With this $4,000 tons of machinery, we
would get 800, 600 horse power.
Mr.. G. then proceeded to demonstrate that
it was in our power 20 attain the speed he
claimed, and with economical use, and call
ed attention to the results obtained III ex-
tending the range of guns and cannon
Fhe range of the rifle has been extended
from sixty rods to aboutll mile. The Arm
strong and the French cannon have
many times greater range than the old guns
In his conversation with military men,
they agree that this increase is due more to
Ne formation of the ball than anything
els. His vessel would have twenty-five
&C es of cabin floors. Bear in mind, says
ne speaker, it is the commerce of the
world we are after. It would he I3o
feet wide; promenades may be made six or
seven feet long. The state rooms should be
| ten feet square, the saloon so feet or more
spare. Such a boat could stow away 50,-
| 900 passengers. and yet have plenty of
| elbow room. At the speed contemplated
| she could cross the ocean in a day and u
| quarter.
! Mr.. GERMAN thus describes how economi-
| calIv the vessel can be built. Iron being
the material, there were but five forms of
| iron-work in the whole construction of the
vessel, and these SO easy of manufacture
that they could be got out by the simplest
| machinery.
| In the construction of the vessel, be pro-
posed an outside vessel of iron plates 63 feet
| long and an inch and a half thick, rolled so
/ that the grain of the iron would be at right
angles with its length, within which was
| another vessel, about foot from the outer
one-the two connected together and
strengthened from collapse or separation by
truss work of the most substantial construc-
| ton Everything connected with tue vessel
| could be made in one foundery Except the
engines, for the pieces of which the ship
was to be composed were of the simplest
form, and thousands could be made exactly
| alike by the commonest machinery.
Many, or in factnearly ALL of his calcula-
tions had been made some nine years ago,
before the Great Eastern was thought Of
The latter vessel proposed to carry to sea
with her steamer of one hundred TONS
Mr.. Germans proposition in his sea-going
vessel is to carry four powerful tugs, each
200 tons burthen.
The steamer is proposed to be 1000 feet
long, and but IS feet wide, with four stories.
She tapers gradually from each end over an
eighth of a mile on either end, and has six
sets of paddle wheels. As element OF
great strength, her floors, .our stories besides
her upper deck, are of inch iron plates, Civ
ing unsurpassed stiffness and substantial
bility. e@E..z r~r
The bows, he said, at each end of the vus
sci, were 80 feet in hight, and e feet q
/, them are of solid iron or steel-a mass o
~ tons, shaped like an immense broads.xs